What Is Mental Age?

Chinese name: Psychological age
Foreign name: Psychological age

Applied discipline: psychology
Application range: Developmental psychology

Definition of psychological age

Psychological terms relative to natural age. Natural age is the age at which an individual is more objectively determined based on the number of years after birth. The psychological age refers to the age of the individual determined according to the soundness of the individual's psychological activity. The main basis is: (1) the psychological activity process that the individual develops in social practice, with the core of thinking and language as the unity of cognition, emotion and will; (2) the individual constitutes a unique psychological organization system of conscious activity. There are many types of natural age periods, generally divided into three periods: immature period from birth to 19 years, mature period from 20 to 59 years, and aging period above 60 years. Individuals who are in the same natural age period are not completely consistent in their psychological maturity or aging status, that is, adolescents in the immature period may be psychologically mature, and some individuals who have entered the mature period of natural age may not have entered the psychological stage. Maturity. The advantage of psychological age is that it reflects the true ability of the individual. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to measure. Psychologists from various countries are conducting various tests of ability, intelligence, and interest, motivation, attitude, and behavior in order to develop a complete standard scale.

Psychological age measurement

Also known as "intelligent age", referred to as "intelligent age". Age based on the level of mental development measured by an intelligence test. First take a representative set of children's samples, and measure their average intellectual development level through an intelligence test, that is, the intellectual age representing this age. In normal cases (ie, statistically average cases), the intellectual age is equal to the actual age (CA). If a child's intellectual age is greater than the actual age, it is higher in intelligence than a general peer; if a child's intellectual age is lower than the actual age, it is lower in intelligence. The concept of intelligence age was first proposed by WL Stern, but A. Binner used this concept based on the test, that is, the intelligence test scoring technology based on age, and the test score derived from it is the age of intelligence. Indicates that a person's intellectual age reaches a certain age level. Generally includes the following:

Evaluation of Psychological Age Sensory Motor Function

Assess children's balance, rhythm and rhythm, muscle strength, and sense of direction. Investigate whether children are lagging behind their actual age in terms of these basic abilities.

Psychological Age Perception-Action Test

The visual-kinetic integration test was used to assess children's ability to coordinate visual perception and hand movements. This perception-action integration ability is an important aspect that restricts the quality and speed of children's homework.

Behavioral Questionnaire for Children with Mental Age Learning Disabilities

Using the questionnaire, we can understand the behavioral performance of children with learning disabilities, and understand the nature and severity of children's learning difficulties. This questionnaire is also an important supplement to the results of the action test and the perception-action test.

Mental Age Self-Monitoring Test

This test is mainly to understand children's ability to plan and control themselves. We know that children with learning disabilities are often accompanied by a lack of concentration, unplanned, impulsive, unrestrained play, and poor self-management and independent living skills. This type of quiz understands whether children are lagging behind in their self-management and self-planning of learning. If they are lagging, what is their performance and extent? The results of such tests are of great significance to our self-management plan for learning.

Mental age intelligence test

There are many intelligence tests that can test children's level of intellectual development, group intelligence tests, Webster's intelligence tests, and Binar intelligence tests. Through such tests, we will have a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of children's learning disabilities, and based on these tests, we will develop a detailed and operational homeschooling program for children. It can also be estimated by children's performance. ^[1]