PSYCH 3B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Intellectual Disability, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Social Skills
7 Dec 2018
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The terms used to describe individuals with intellectual disabilities have changed over time. Intellectual disability refers to general cognitive deficits while avoiding negative connotations. American association on intellectual and development disabilities (aaidd): Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behaviour as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills: this disability originates before age 18. Id is linked to the social environment and level of supports should be assessed. Intellectual and adaptive limitations, and onset during developmental period: used to be more of an emphasis on iq, but now changes in educational policy have made educators focus more on functional descriptions of the child"s needs. Intelligence involves the knowledge possessed by a person, ability to learn or think, or the capacity to adapt to new situations. General ability, g, plus other abilities (motor, verbal) Generally measures intelligence according to how individuals process information.
