PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Intellectual Disability, Malnutrition, Cultural Bias

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3850
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

Document Summary

People with intellectual disabilities are represented with lower academic performance and social skills prophecy. The self-fulfilling prophecy states that if a person is labeled as having intellectual disability, the person will function as one who has an intellectual disability even if it is not the case. Factors such as environmental conditions (health care, poverty) is associated with intellectual disabilities, as well as social customs/mores and language differences. Poverty limits the health care that kids get during crucial periods of growth in their lives; this results in improper development. Poverty also magnifies depression and chronic stress, which in turn can cause intellectual disabilities. Cultural-social mores: mores influence the overall view of a person"s level of functioning; person can be seen as having intellectual disability or not. Cultural and social mores influence how difficult accepting certain disability conditions can be. Language differences may be incorrectly interpreted as intellectual disability.