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Intellectual Disability : An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World / by S. Whitaker.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Whitaker, S., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Educational psychology.
Educational sociology.
Sociology.
Clinical psychology.
Personality.
Difference (Psychology).
Cognitive psychology.
Educational Psychology.
Sociology of Education.
Clinical Psychology.
Personality and Differential Psychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Local Subjects:
Educational Psychology.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology.
Clinical Psychology.
Personality and Differential Psychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2013.
Place of Publication:
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781349438976
1349438979
9781137025586
1137025581
OCLC:
864994703

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