A. most mentally retarded individuals suffer from savant syndrome.
B. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to profit from vocational training.
C. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to function within mainstream society.
D. none of the above is true
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is a true statement about mental retardation?
A. Most retarded people are unable to live normal lives because of their mental deficiencies.
B. With special tutoring, a mentally retarded person can attain average intelligence.
C. The majority of mentally retarded people fall in the mildly retarded category.
D. Diagnoses of mental retardation should be based exclusively on IQ scores. - Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or fetal damage is called_______retardation.
A. cretinism.
B. adaptive behavior.
C. microcephaly.
D. eugenics. - The percentage of people diagnosed with mental retardation has_________over the past 80 years because intelligence test have been______.
A. decreased; restandardized
B. decreased; factor analyzed
C. increased; factor analyzed
D. increased; restandardized - Mental retardation is represented by which of the following characteristics?
A. Low general intelligence
B. Slow on-line processing
C. A known organic etiology
D. IQ below 70
E. All of the above - The form of mental retardation that is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome is _____________?
A. Severe retardation
B. hydrocephaly
C. phenylketonuria
D. Down syndrome - Research indicates that Head Start programs:
A. fail to produce any short-term improvements in participants’ mental skills.
B. are beneficial to participants from very intellectually stimulating home environments.
C. increase the school readiness of children from disadvantaged home environments
D. initially benefit students but lose their influence by the time the students reach high school. - Who would have been most enthusiastic about the value of an single intelligence test score as an index of an individual’s mental capacities?
A. Thurstone
B. Sternberg
C. Gardner
D. Spearman - Evidence indicating that urbringing affects one’s mental ability is provided by which of the following findings?
A. Identical twins are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins
B. There is more than a chance similarity between adopted children and their biological parents.
C. Siblings reared together are more similar in IQ than sibling reared apart.
D. Identical twins reared apart are more similar Iq siblings reared together. - _______intelligence tests assess a wide variety of mental abilities.
A. IQ
B. Special
C. Multiple
D. General - The Maliks note their 6-month-old daughter Bisma seems to be developing more slowly and is not as playful as other infants her age. Research suggests that:
A. Bisma’s intelligence score will be below average in childhood but not necessarily in adulthood.
B. Bisma’s performance intelligence score but not necessary her verbal intelligence score will be below average in both childhood and adult hood.
C. Bisma’s intelligence score will be below average in both childhood and adulthood.
D. Casual observation of Bisma’s behavior cannot be use to predict her later intelligence score.