PSYCH 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Knowledge Base, Childhood Obesity, Trends In International Mathematics And Science Study
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Increasing maturation results in a highly interconnected brain by age 7 or 8. Increasing myelination reduces reaction time from birth to about age 16. Selective attention ability to concentrate on some stimuli while ignoring others improves markedly around 7. Automatization some skills become routine (e. g. , reading, writing one"s name). Achievement tests measure what has been learned, not potential (e. g. , meap) Iq tests designed to measure intellectual aptitude or ability to learn in school (e. g. stanford-binet, wisc-iv-r) Iq tests should be part of a battery of assessments for an individual child. Iq tests can help detect learning disabilities, giftedness, & other special needs. Iq predicts school achievement & to some degree, career attainment in adulthood. Non-cognitive factors like growth mindset (dweck, 2015) & grit (duckworth, 2007) might be better predictors of life success than iq tests. Autism is a developmental disorder marked by difficulty with social communication & interaction, & restricted, repetitive pattens of behavior, interests or activities.
