Sociobehavioral studies in mental retardation
Subtitle: papers in honor of Harvey F. Dingman
By: edited by George Tarjan, Richard K. Eyman, C. Edward Meyers, assisted by Phyllis Maslow.
Contributors: Dingman, Harvey F. 1925-1969.; Tarjan, George, ed.; Eyman, Richard K., ed.; Meyers, C. Edward 1912- ed.
Series: Monographs of the American Association on Mental Deficiency ;; no. 1
Publisher: American Association on Mental Deficiency
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Dingman, Harvey F., 1925-1969.; People with mental disabilities.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Demography of mental retardation: Mercer, J. The myth of the 3 prevalence. Windle, C. What's in a name?; title: Beyond the Binet: psychological assessment tomorrow. Wachs, T. The measurement of early intellectual functioning. Guilfold, J.P. Structure-of-intellect abilities in preliterate children and the mentally retarded.; title: Silverstein, A.B. Alternative factor analytic solutions for the WISC and the WAIS with the retarded. Fruchter, B. and Fruchter, D.A. Factor content of the WAIS with separate digits-forward and digits-backward scores for a borderline and mentally retarded sample. Eyman, R.K., Meyers, C.E., and Bendel, R. Recent advances in psychometrics. Bijou, S.W. and Warren, S.A. Objective observations in field situations for clinical work.; title: Sociological aspects of mental retardation: Dingman, H. Social performance of the mentally retarded. Leland, H. Adaptive behavior and mentally retarded behavior. Nihira K. Importance of environmental demands in the measurement of adaptive behavior. Natalicio, L.F.S. Dysfunctional reciprocal control in dyadic/polyadic interactions. MacAndrew, C. The role of "knowledge at hand" in the practical management of institutionalized "idiots." Cleland, C.C. Possibilities for social research among profoundly retarded? Ashurst, D.I. and Meyers, C.E. Social system and clinical model in school identification of the educable retarded. Lewis, J.F. The community and the retarded. Tarjan, G. Sex: a tri-polar conflict in mental retardation.; title: Programming in school and community. Ball, T.S. Bobaths' facilitation training and Seguin's physiological method related to escape-avoidance conditioning. MacMillan, D.L. and Forness, S.R. Behavior modification: savior or savant? Edgerton, R.B. and Edgerton, C.R. Becoming mentally retarded in a Hawaiian school. Paulson, M.J. and Stone, D. Specialist-professional intervention. Benoit, E.P. Rationale of a social center for employed limited adults. Grossman, H. and Rowitz, L. A community approach to services for the retarded.