Chapter 6

Question 0

True or false: mental illness is a disability

Answer 0

False

Question 1

What are some learning disabilities

Answer 1

Reading disorder
Mathematics disorder
Disorder of written expression
Motor skills disorder

Question 2

True or false mental illness is a disease

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or false mental retardation is a disability

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which is a permanent characteristic mental retardation or mental illness

Answer 4

Mental retardation

Question 5

Which one can someone overcome mental retardation or mental illness

Answer 5

Mental illness

Question 6

What category out of the four mental retardation is most common in offenders

Answer 6

Mild

Question 7

What are the two requirements that must be present to diagnosis with disorder

Answer 7

IQ less than 70 and must be present before age 18

Question 8

Define mental retardation

Answer 8

Significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period