Part 4 Flashcards
IQ is below 70
mental retardation
IQ IS between 55-70
85% are mild
At 6th grade level
mild retardation
IQ IS 40-50
10% are moderate
2nd grade level
moderate retardation
IQ IS 25-39
3% are severe
Can take care of basic function though needs 24/7 supervision
severe retardation
IQ is below 25
Less than 0.5% are profound
Nonverbal, in a wheelchair, can’t take care of basic needs, in an institution
profound retardation
Sex organs to reproduce
primary sex characteristics
Distinguishes males from females biologically but are not directly related to reproduction
secondary sex characteristics
Brought over to US from Europe as first IQ test
Stanford Binet Test
terman studies about gifted people
People w 130+ in IQ and/or had a superior talent
2% of population is gifted
giftedness
IQ IS 140+
Less than 0.5% of population
genius level
Normal distribution of scores
bell curve
Brain damage from genetic disorder or type of brain injury (profound mental retardation occurs)
organic retardation
Seen in poor people
Child has intellect deficits from poor environment and parents not being as smart themselves
Mild retardation
cultural familial retardation
what did the Stone Age think of mental disability
Thought you were possessed by evil spirits
Used trephination
Surgical procedure to cure by taking 2 rocks and make a hole in the skull
trephination
what did the Early Greeks; Egyptians think about mental disorders
Believed in demon possession
Exercised by torturing the person
1st to believe mental disorders aren’t diff from physical
hippocrates
Mental disorders diagnosed by Hippocrates
Mania, melancholia, phrentis
1st person to say mentally disabled people shouldn’t be held at the same standards for their crimes as sane people
plato
1st famous insane asylum in London
Was a reg hospital but then it’s an insane asylum
Had a lot of violent patient and shitty living conditions
st mary of bethlehem
Started in 1930
Damages frontal lobe
Died down in 1970s
lobotomy