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Lecture 6: Language, Education, and Work Flashcards

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Bayley Scales of Infant Development (BSID)

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the most well-known widely used test measuring intelligence for young children
- created for 1-42 months and measures social-emotional skills and adaptive
- three scales

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three scales of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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  • the motor scale: measures the ability to do things like grasp an object and throw a ball
  • the cognitive scale: measures how the young child thinks and reacts to various typical events
  • the language scale: measures preverbal communication
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general adaptive composite (GAC)

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this data shows how well or poorly a young child performs on the BSID
- however correlations between GAC and IQ score are low

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correlation between GAC and IQ

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  • there is not a high correlation at a later age
  • but when looking at the age of 4, correlations are high
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creativity

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mapped by measuring how many different ideas a child can produce
- ideas peak until the child is 9 years
- decreases after the 11th year

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originality

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how many original ideas a child has
- peaks until the child is about 10 years old

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changes in the adolescent brain

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may underlie various cognitive abilities, such as improved memory, information processing and performance on intelligence tests

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Flynn effect

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average IQ scores have increased over time

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reasons for the Flynn effect

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  • children have better education than previous generations
  • economic conditions have improved
  • better health
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predictors of school performance

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  • intellectual abilities (especially during secondary school)
  • personal qualities (e.g. motivation)
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relationship between IQ scores and employment status of adults

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intelligence is related to both income and job prestige
- takes more intellectual skills to complete a degree
- people with higher IQ’s are healthier and live longer

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correlation between success and intelligence

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can be explained by SES, motivation, education, and opportunity

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cohort effects and intelligence

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your intelligence score depends on when you were born

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risk factors for a decline in intellectual abilities

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  • poor health
  • unchallenging lifestyle
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wisdom

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a constellation of factual knowledge about life and procedural knowledge such as giving advice and resolving conflicts
- a combination of intelligence, personality, cognitive style, and a supportive social environment

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when does creativity peak

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in creative professions (art, music, philosophy, science) creativity is seen to increase from the 20s to the early 40s
- requires enthusiasm and experience so peaks in midlife

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why do people differ in IQ scores

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both genetic and environmental factors
- 50% of variation in IQ scores is due to genetic differences

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influence of genes on intelligence

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not the same throughout life
- 20% of the differences in intelligence for babies
- 80% for older people

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risk factors for having a lower IQ score

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  • child belongs to a minority group
  • head of the househould has no job
  • mother didn’t finish school
  • family has 4 or more children
  • father is absent
  • family has experienced many stressful events
  • parents have rigid education values
  • mother is very anxious/stressed
  • mother has poor mental health
  • mother shows little positive affect
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cumulative limitation hypothesis

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states that children who live in poverty for a long time or who have a low SES cannot develop themselves cognitively quickly
- improving economic living conditions can therefore also improve children’s IQ

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Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME)

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used to identify characteristics of the environment that are important for cognitive development
- can predict the IQ scores of 3 year old children

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crying

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crying is an important way for babies to communicate
- babies who seldom (rarely) cry may have neurological problems
- necessary for a baby to survive

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babies who cry continuously

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may have colic
- caused by an immature nervous system
- babies experience so much stress after birth due to all the stimuli that they experience
- colic is short lived and disappears around 4 months

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what did Skinner believe about language learning

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Skinner believed that we learn language by being empowered to produce sounds

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Chomsky (1928)

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humans are biologically programmed to produce language through the language acquisition device (LAD) (nature)
- people learn to speak a language through the spoken language in their environment
- suggest that language is a fundamental aspect of the human mind, influenced more by innate structures than by external environmental factors alone

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social-interactionist perspective of language

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babies are motivated to communicate and adults are motivated to help babies learn to speak (nature + nurture approach)

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the emergence of language

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occurs in stages
- after the new-born’s reflexive crying comes cooing (3rd/4th month)
- vocal circular responses, also known as babbling (6 months)
- first word emerges from babbling (11 months)

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first phase of real speech

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  • around 12 months
  • a word in combination with a gesture indicates actual understanding of the word
  • one word sentences
  • 1.5-2 years children learn to combine a number of words
  • by 24 months children are using simple sentences and can understand simple instructions
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vocabulary spurt

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from 18 months onwards, the vocabulary increases significantly

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Genie

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extreme example about language development
- started talking at 1.5 years old and was behind in normal development
- followed by years of severe neglect and abuse
- when she was 13 years old, she was barely able to communicate
- learned to talk again but hit a ceiling in her development

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overregulation

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the overgeneralization of general rules about past tense or plural (e.g. ‘I swam’ instead of ‘I swim’)

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overextension

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too broad use of a verbal category (e.g. all four legged pets are called ‘dog’)

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underextension

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too narrow use of a verbal category (e.g. only one’s own grandfather is called ‘grandfather’)

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intelligence

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the ability to solve problems and to adapt and learn from experiences
- strong predictor of academic performance
- consistently protective factor

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IQ

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intelligence quotiont
- measures people’s academic skills

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achievement tests

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tests taken by children to measure their overall academic potential or their ability to master certain school-related tasks

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)

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the intelligence test used by children
- measures performance in 4 areas
- scores can be converted into IQ scores

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specific learning disability

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children who have a score that is much lower than expected compared to the score on performance tests
- umbrella term for any kind of impairment related to language or to listening, thinking, reading, spelling, or mathematics

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IQ score below 70

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children are classified as mentally disabled

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IQ score above 130

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children are classified as gifted and may qualify for special programs

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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the test used for adult intelligence
- divided into verbal and non-verbal sub-scales
- corrected for age
- normal IQ range: 70-130

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intelligence factor g

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Spearman believed IQ scores reflect a general intelligence factor

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Robert Sternberg (1949)

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conventional intelligence tests are too limited because they only measure one type of intelligence and do not cover all other areas
- IQ tests measure analytical intelligence (how well people can solve academic problems)

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creative intelligence

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the ability to think outside the box or to formulate problems in a new way

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practical intelligence

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common sense or ‘street smarts’

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multiple intelligences theory

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developed by Howard Gardner (1943) and claims that human abilities come in eight and possibly even nine distinctive forms

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distinctive forms of human abilities

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  • verbal and mathematical skills: measured using traditional IQ tests
  • interpersonal intelligence: understanding others
  • intrapersonal intelligence: the ability to understand oneself
  • spatial intelligence: grasping objects arranged in space
  • musical intelligence
  • kinesthetic intelligence: ability to use the body properly
  • naturalistic intelligence: ability to get on well with animals or plants/trees
  • existential (spiritual) intelligence
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fluid intelligence

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refers to the speed with which one can reason when faced with new intellectual challenges
- is changeable and usually comes from the context and the environment
- is highest when one is in one’s 20s

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crystalized intelligence

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the knowledge one has acquired over the years
- more static
- continues to rise into late middle age
- falls off around the age of 60

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intelligence across the lifespan: dual-component model of intelligence

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  • basic information processing: content-poor, universal, biological, strong genetic determination (mechanics)
  • knowledge - factual and procedural: content-rich, culture dependent, experience-based (pragmatics, meaning)
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impact of schools

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it is important that schools have high standards and that teachers believe that every child can benefit from challenging work
- schools must provide appropriate care for each child

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motivation and learning

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learning activities fall into extrinisic motivation, which often leads to one not being intrinsically motivated to learn, and therefore not enjoying it

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importance of teachers

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the quality of a teachers education has a positive influence on the performance of the children
- a child’s income in adulthood can be influenced by the quality of teachers at a younger age

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boundless careers

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adults change jobs more easily and more often than in the past

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career success

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a higher degree of self-confidence and optimism has a positive influence on having a successful career
- more likely to go for better jobs
- proactive attitude
- want realistic feedback to grow

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work environment

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  • it is important that the workplace offers intrinsic career-enhancement
  • extrinsic career empowerment is also important depending on the person’s situation
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role overload

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when one has too much work pressure to be able to perform the work properly

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conflicting roles

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when one experiences a conflict between different important things in life (e.g. family and career)
- importance of work-life balance

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role ambiguity

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when an employee is unclear about the work you are supposed to do

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working in adolescence

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an increasing amount are working part-time and also going to school

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working in early adulthood

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diversity of school and work patterns
- some follow full-time education (e.g. uni) others work full-time

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work in mid-adulthood

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role of work is central, reaching peak position and income, but also most financial burden

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work in late adulthood

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recent increase in the percentage still working (linked to cognitive ability and retirement age)

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factors that can damage job satisfaction

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  • ambiguous roles: unclear roles
  • role overload
  • role conflict
  • work-life conflict
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effects of unemployment

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  • produces stress
  • financial problems
  • identity threat
  • lower self-esteem
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increased risks of unemployment

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  • physical/mental problems
  • substance abuse and marietal difficulties
  • decreased quality of relationships
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factors influencing job success

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  • personality
  • fit between person and environment
  • cognitive skills
  • contextual factors
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phase model for transition to retirement
- Atchley (1976)

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  • preretirement phase: gathering informaiton, planning for the future
  • honeymoon phase: enjoying the newfound freedom
  • disenchantment phase: the novelty is gone -> aimless and sometimes unhappy
  • reorientation phase: realistic and satisfying lifestyle

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