PSY341H1 Chapter 9: psy341 - chapter 9 intellectual disability.doc
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Chapter 9: intellectual disability (mental retardation) intellectual disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour beginning before age 18. Mental retardation not a mental disorder; medical disorder instead: axis ii of dsm-iv-tr (stable condition) History late 18th c: victor ( wild boy of aveyron , humanitarian efforts against oppressed or neglected groups, howe: training and educating the feeble-minded was a public. Opened first humanitarian institution in north american for persons with mental retardation. 1950: national association for retarded children the eugenics scare: evolutionary degeneracy theory (19th c) intellectual and social problems of children with mental retardation due to regression to earlier period in human evolution. Down: evolutionary throwback to the mongol race. Explanation for insanity, mental deficiency, and social deviance: eugenics the science which deals with all influences that improve the, focus on society"s needs: must be protected from people with mr.
