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