PSYCH 2AP3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Down Syndrome, Motor Coordination, Polyphagia
8 Jan 2017
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Iq 2 standard deviations below the mean (70 or below) Adaptive behaviour deficits two standard deviations below the mean, in at least two ares. Knowledge, ability to think or learn, capacity to adapt. Conceptualised as general ability or g and a number of specific abilities. The age that corresponds to the performance level on a standardised test for an average child at that age. When professionals view the difficulties as part of the intellectual delay and fail to identify them. Prenatal genetic disorders, syndromes, metabolic disorders, cerebral dysgenesis, maternal illness, parental ageperinatal prematurity, birth injury, neonatal disorder. Postnatal traumatic brain injury, malnutrition, encephalitis, seizure disorders, degenerative disorders. Most common intellectual disorder caused by trisomy 21. Delayed speech, verbal short term memory and auditory processing deficits. More common in boys and they have more severe form. Impairments in visual spatial, sequential processing, motor coordination and executive functions. Brain anomalies: caudate nucleus, thalamus, cerebellum, frontal and parietal lobes.
