Lecturers
BiographyA. De Ribaupierre - University of Geneva (CH)
Abstract
"The nature of intelligence and its development"
Intelligence has been conceptualized very differently by psychometricians, interested in its evaluation, and by developmentalists; in particular, the Piagetian theory considered that intelligence underwent qualitative changes across development, yielding general stages. These two perspectives will be presented and compared, and propositions to reconcile them, in particular at the light of neo-Piagetian theories and from a lifespan developmental perspective, will be presented.
Abstract
"The nature of intelligence and its development"
Intelligence has been conceptualized very differently by psychometricians, interested in its evaluation, and by developmentalists; in particular, the Piagetian theory considered that intelligence underwent qualitative changes across development, yielding general stages. These two perspectives will be presented and compared, and propositions to reconcile them, in particular at the light of neo-Piagetian theories and from a lifespan developmental perspective, will be presented.