Description
- Given the videos you've just watched and the reading of Chapter 8, please respond to both the following discussion questions thoughtfully:
- How do demographic factors such as gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and race affect intellectual development?
- With a variety of competing intelligence theories, how, if at all, can practitioners meaningfully make use of these theories?
- After you complete your response, you are expected to respond to the post of at least three other classmates. These responses should be thoughtful and contribute to the learning community. In other words, more than, "I agree" or "well said."
Explanation & Answer
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Given the videos you've just watched and the reading of Chapter 8, please respond to both the
following discussion questions thoughtfully:
How do demographic factors such as gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and race affect
intellectual development?
Demographics have a direct or indirect effect on cognitive or intellectual development in that
they also impact growth. Many pieces of research have been carried out in these fields and
have proven that cognitive development is dependent on many factors, among the biological,
social and demographic factors. While the magnitude of the impact differs from o...