PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter 11: Topic 11 – Intellectual Disability
8 Dec 2015
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Concurrent intellectual and adaptive limitations are required for diagnosis. The dsm requires an iq of approximately 70 or below on standardized tests of intelligence. The criteria call for deficits in at least two areas of adaptive behaviour, and the usefulness of tests of adaptive behaviour is recognized. Tested intelligence is the most prominent criterion for intellectual disability, and it is inextricably woven with the concept of general mental deficiency. In recent years, information-processing theories have some to the fore, focusing on the processes by which individuals perceive sensory stimuli, store information, manipulate information, and perhaps act on it. Adaptive behaviour has generally been thought of as what people do to take care of themselves and to relate to others in daily living . Conceptual skills language, reading and writing, time, and number concepts. Social skills interpersonal skills, social responsibility, self-esteem, gullibility, rule following, avoidance of being victimized, social problem solving.
