Biosocial Development

School Years

Michael Hoerger

Ability Tests• Two types

1. Aptitude/Intelligence/IQ: • Potential to learn• General knowledge• Problem solving skills• Speed, and memory

2. Achievement: skills specifically relevant to school (reading comprehension, algebra)

Sample IQ Items

Multiple Intelligences?• Sternberg (3):

– Academic, creative, and practical

• Gardner (8):– Language, math, music, spatial, kinesthetic,

interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic

• Guilford (150)

• Criticisms

Any Remaining Questions?

• Child psychopathology from last time?

• From the book?– ADHD– Learning disabilities, Dyslexia– Pervasive Development Disorders

• Treatments?

Michael Hoerger

To cite this textbook:

• Berger, K. (2005). The developing person through the lifespan. New York: Worth.

To cite this lecture:

• Hoerger, M. (2007, February 21). Developmental Psychology: Pre-Adolescent Biosocial Development. Presented at a PSY 220 lecture at Central Michigan University.