Life span development of intelligence and its relation to important life outcomes

Authors

  • Lars Larsen
  • Anna Pacak-Vedel
  • Morten Christoffersen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v43i2.137308

Keywords:

intelligence, development, life span, life outcome

Abstract

The primary purpose of this article is to provide the reader with an overview
of the more general forms of intelligence, their lifespan development and
how they relate to real-life outcomes during different ages. To achieve this
goal, it is necessary to define intelligence, explore how it can be measured
across the lifespan and how intelligence development can be seen as absolute
development from a within-level perspective or as differential development
from a between-level position. We illustrate the absolute development
of intelligence from early childhood until old age with the Scandinavian
norm materials from three comparable intelligence tests developed by David
Wechsler, supplemented with longitudinal studies to assess differential stability
and the predictive value of intelligence. Overall, development varies
considerably depending on the type of intelligence, type of development and
life phase, and intelligence can predict important life outcomes in all phases
of life.

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