CYC 166B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Intelligence Quotient, Attachment Theory
4 Jul 2016
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Socio cultural and bioecological system theories highlight the ways in which development is context dependent. Lesko believes that the life stage of adolescent is a cultural construction. Lesko"s book focusses on western speci c views of adolescence and adolescent development, and explores the concept of development itself as contingent upon western theories and cultural concerns. Ageing: a system of processes that cause different types and rates of change in everyone. Mental age: an individual"s ability to solve problems on a standardized instrument compared with others of the same chronological age. A child"s mental age is used to understand the child"s intelligence quotient (iq). Chronological age: the number of years that have elapsed since a person"s birth. Many people consider chronological age synonymous with the concept of age. Biological age: a person"s age in terms of biological health. Psychological age: an individual"s adaptive capacities relative to those of other individuals of the same chronological age.
