Intellectual Disability [electronic resource] : An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World /
Whitaker, S.author.
The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.
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Includes bibliographical references.
History and definitions -- The concept of intelligence -- Measuring intelligence -- The concept and measurement of adaptive behaviour -- Acquiring a diagnosis and the prevalence of intellectual disability -- Causes of intellectual disability -- Problems with the current definition -- Intellectual disability reconceptualised and redefined.
The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.
Educational psychology.
Education—Psychology.
Educational sociology.
Sociology.
Clinical psychology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Educational Psychology.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology, general.
Clinical Psychology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Cognitive Psychology.