PSYC 3850 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cultural Bias, Intellectual Disability, Cultural Diversity
2 Mar 2014
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Departure from normal functioning: lower intellectual performance and reduced functioning in social skills. Difficulty defining acceptable behaviour among various cultural groups: primarily represent views of majority. Cultural diversity plays major role in causation, assessment, prevention, and placement and treatment in intellectual disabilities. Diagnosed as having an intellectual disability when their behaviour is related to cultural difference: self-fulfilling prophecy labeled as having an intellectual disability and will over time begin to function as such. Children"s performance levels reflect expectations of their teachers. Influenced by current environment and one we grew up in. Culturally diff populations associated w/ intellectual disabilities by virtue of environment conditions beyond control of the people shaped by them (e. g. poor health care and poverty) Inherent where there is cultural and ethnic diversity, such as social customs or mores and language differences: literal perspective of the term differences. Behaviour predominant in one culture may not be in another.
