Intellectual disability Flashcards
Limitations in
Intellectual functioning, adaptive behavior
Can be used to assess intellectual functioning
Performance in standardized tests
General intelligence functioning defined by
IQ
Subaverage intellectual functioning
70 or below
Adaptive functioning is
Effective coping with ordinary life demands
Capable to live independently
Abide to community standards
Examples of adaptive behaviors
Conceptual, Practical, Social skills
When and how big does IQ change
Between childhood and adolescence, 10 to 20 points
What is the Flynn effect?
Rising IQ scores in a generation since beginning of testing
Explanation for existing group differences
Economic and social inequality
The majority of persons diagnosed with mental
retardation fall into
the mild range
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities based categories on
Level of support or assistance needed
Similar sequence hypo
Identically pass similar stages of cognitive devt. Differ only in rate and upper limit`
Similar structure hypo
Mental retards have same behavior, processes, cog fun
Difference viewpoints
Difference more than in rate and upper limit
Motivational probs
Susceptible to sense of helplessness and frustration
How can intellectual disability not be a lifelong disorder
With appropriate training and opportunities to develop good adaptive skills
Language development and social functioning have a
Predictable and organized course
Receptive or expressive language, which is weaker
Expressive
Problems in developing secure attachment because
Express less emotion
Internal state language is
language reflecting sense of self and others
Collection of genes we inherit
Genotype
Gene-environment interaction
Phenotype
Fragile-x syndrome charact
Large forehead, prominent jaw, low, protruding ears
Prader-Willi syndrome chromosome number
15
