ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND SOCIAL ABILITIES

本研究延续了对心理和社会因素的纵向研究， 在2个月之间反复观察一组儿童的发育情况， 和4岁。本研究的前提是， 童年主要发生在人际环境中;因此， 中心目标是描述不同的婴儿和母亲的行为 与儿童精神和心理的中心维度的个体发育有关， 社交能力参加评估的儿童构成 在2、5、13、20和48月龄时观察的纵向队列。主要 这项研究的目的是研究稳定性，连续性， 在头几年的心理和社会发展的相互作用 生活随访的一个值得注意的方面是学龄前儿童的测试 认知和情感的发展，超越智商，以评估广泛的 儿童不同的兴趣和能力：这些程序 评估自然科学能力，身体动觉技能，音乐 人才，独特的工作风格，以及语言和逻辑- 数学能力。因为传统的心理测量方法 学龄前儿童智力典型地是从一个狭窄的范围内取样的， 心理能力，这些测量前因变量，他们是 在结果变量方面也受到限制， 预测。相比之下，新的评估电池样本来自广泛的 学前儿童的能力和兴趣的范围，从而提供 更丰富的机会，以回应许多理论和务实 这些问题围绕着心理和社会发展的核心问题。

This research continues a longitudinal study of mental and social development in a cohort of children observed repeatedly between 2 months and 4 years of age. The premise of this research is that learning in childhood occurs primarily within an interpersonal context; thus, a central goal is to describe how diverse infant and maternal behaviors relate to the ontogeny of central dimensions of children's mental and social competencies. Children participating in the assessment constitute a longitudinal cohort seen at 2, 5, 13, 20, and 48 months of age. Major objectives of this research are to study stability, continuity, and interaction in mental and social development over the first years of life. One notable aspect of the follow-up is a test of preschooler cognitive and emotional development that goes beyond IQ to assess a wide range of children's diverse interests and capabilities: These procedures assess natural science ability, bodily-kinesthetic skills, musical talents, distinctive styles of work, as well as linguistic and logical- mathematical capabilities. Because traditional psychometric measures of intelligence at preschool age typically sample from a narrow range of mental abilities, such measures of antecedent variables, and they are also restricted in terms of the outcome variables they successfully predict. In contrast, the new assessment battery samples from a wide range of preschoolers' capabilities and interests and thus affords richer opportunities to respond to many theoretical and pragmatic questions that surround central issues of mental and social development.