Intellectual Disabilities

Question 1

What does IDD stands for?

Answer 1

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Question 2

IDD is formerly termed as ____?

Answer 2

mental retardation

Question 3

Since 1908 there have been ____ changes in the definition

Answer 3

10

Question 4

Since 1908 there have been ten changes in the definition, and even the current definition has received its share of criticism. There seem to be two reasons for this dynamic state: ?

Answer 4

• increase of research
• changes in the way society views IDD and those who have it.

Question 5

The American Association on Mental Retardation, changed its name to _______?

Answer 5

American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)

Question 6

Refers to two separate domains in which limitations must be found before we refer to a person as having IDD. The first is ____? and the second ____?

Answer 6

1st - significantly subaverage intellectual functioning;
2nd - domain reflects limitations in three general indicators of adaptive skills.

Question 7

Dual criteria

Answer 7

intellectual subnormality/developmental delay and deficits in adaptive behavior—in identifying mild IDD

Question 8

Mental retardation is a particular state of functioning that begins in

Answer 8

childhood

Question 9

Mental retardation is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in ____ and ____.

Answer 9

Intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior

Question 10

Mental retardation is a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior as expressed in _____.

Answer 10

conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills.

Question 11

The following three criteria must be met for a child to be diagnosed with an intellectual disability.

Answer 11

A. Deficits in intellectual functions
B. Deficits in adaptive functioning
C. Onset of intellectual and adaptive deficits during the developmental period

Question 12

What are the Levels of Support?

Answer 12

• Intermittent
• Limited
• Extensive
• Pervasive

Question 13

____ and _____ discovered that genes influence the proteins that are critical to the functioning of the organ systems that determine behavior

Answer 13

James Watson and Francis Crick

Question 14

Results from a genotype that features three copies of chromosome 21

Answer 14

Down Syndrome

Question 15

The leading cause of inherited developmental disability, results from a mutation on the long arm of the X chromosome

Answer 15

Fragile X Syndrome

Question 16

Drugs (including alcohol) and cigarette smoke are prime examples of ____.

Answer 16

Teratogens

Question 17

Refer to any agent that causes a structural abnormality following fetal exposure during pregnancy.

Answer 17

Teratogens

Question 18

About 7 out of 10,000 births result in ____.

Answer 18

FAS - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Question 19

Psychologists such as ____ and _____ have long championed the idea that the experiences that young children have in their families and their surrounding social systems can have a significant impact on their development

Answer 19

Hunt and Bronfenbrenner

Question 20

IQ Range: 50-69

Answer 20

Mild Intellectual Disability

Question 21

Might struggle with complex tasks but can manage self care

Answer 21

Mild Intellectual Disability

Question 22

IQ Range: 35-49

Answer 22

Moderate Intellectual Disability

Question 23

Require more significant support in both academic and daily living skills

need ongoing assistance

Answer 23

Moderate Intellectual Disability

Question 24

Needs Extensive support

Answer 24

Moderate Intellectual Disability

Question 25

IQ Range: 20-34

Answer 25

Severe Intellectual Disability

Question 26

Major difficulties with communication

Answer 26

Severe Intellectual Disability

Question 27

Require substantial support and supervision for almost all daily activities

Answer 27

Severe Intellectual Disability

Question 28

Needs intensive support

Answer 28

Severe Intellectual Disability

Question 29

IQ Range: Below 20

Answer 29

Profound Intellectual Disability

Question 30

Extreme limitations in cognitive, motor, and communication skills

Answer 30

Profound Intellectual Disability

Question 31

Round-the-clock support
and supervision

Answer 31

Profound Intellectual Disability

Question 32

Needs intensive support

Answer 32

Profound Intellectual Disability