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Toward a multivariate life‐span theory of intelligence
Author(s) -
Keating Daniel P.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219790506
Subject(s) - life span , psychology , developmental stage theories , intellectual development , span (engineering) , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , gerontology , medicine , civil engineering , engineering
From a critique of several current approaches to the explanation of intellectual change over the life‐span, a number of general principles for such a theory are derived. This chapter explores how these principles aid in the understanding of recent developmental research, and offers an outline for synthesizing a more coherent picture of intellectual development.