Intellectual Development

Question 1

What is intellectual development ?

Answer 1

Is about how individuals organise ideas and make sense of the world around them

Question 2

Types of intellectual developmental

Answer 2

• problem solving: need to work things out and make predictions about what might happen
• language development: essential to organise abs express opinions and thoughts
• memory: essential for storing and recalling information
• abstract thought and creative thinking: essential for thinking and discussing things that can’t observed
• memorial development: needed for reasoning and making choices about how to act towards self and others

Question 3

Stage of intellectual development

Answer 3

• infancy and early childhood: stages of rapid intellectual development
• adolescence to early adulthood: development of logical though, problem solving and memory recall skills
• middle adulthood: can think through problems and make sound judgments using life experiences
• later adulthood: changes in the brain can cause short-ten memory decline and slower process and reaction times

Question 4

Intellectual milestones 0-8 years

Answer 4

• from birth: use all their senses to help understand the world around them
• at 3 years: ask questions, count, recognise colours and sort objects
• at 5 years: starting to read and write and draw in detail and able to talk about past and future
• at 8 years: can think more deeply, reason, talk about abstract ideas and plan