intelligence Flashcards
each school district in PA is required to develop and implement a system to locate and identify all students within the district who are in need of specially designed instruction
includes individuals with an IQ of 130 or above
gifted
indicated by an intelligence score of 79 or below
difficulty adapting to the demands of life
apparent before age 18
formally called mental retardation (changed by rosas law in 2010)
intellectual disability
estimated 2% of the population
great majority are not institutionalized
incidence
list the levels of low IQ scores in order
mild
moderate
severe
profound
IQ range from 50-70 (85%)
mild
IQ range from 35-49 (10%)
moderate
IQ range from 20-34 (3-4%)
severe
IQ range below 20 (1-2%)
profound
old diagnostic terms for those with a low IQ
moron
imbisul
idiot
IQ 25-49
previously called trainable mentally retarded
life skills
includes IQ 50-80
previously called educable mentally retarded
learning support
8-10 repetitions
gifted
25-35 repetitions
average
atleast 1000 repetitions
intellectual disability
condition not a disease
intellectual disability
delayed breathing; bleeding within brain; result of instruments used to assist difficult deliveries
hypoxia
cardiac arrests due to near drowning, heart attacks, operations
postnatal
heredity
injury before, during, shortly after birth
poisonous substances
biochemical factors
genetic chromosomal factors
premature birth
various prenatal environmental influences
glandular deficiency
severe early malnutrition
cultural-familial intellectual disability
causes of low IQ
what percentage of individuals with intellectual disability can become self supporting
75%
about 75% of all causes of intellectual disability are caused by this type of sociocultural deprivation including almost all individuals in the mild level
cultural familial intellectual disability
formerly known as mongolism
down syndrome
ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
intelligence
can IQ scores predict success in schools
yes
at what level of schooling can IQ scores best predict performance
elementary
welcher
classifications of IQ
average IQ score
90-109
100: dead set average
gifted IQ score
130
intellectual disability IQ score
below 70
% of people with an average IQ score
50%
%of people who are gifted or intellectually disabled
2.2%