International review of research in mental retardation. Volume 16 / edited by Norman W. Bray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bray, Norman W.

Series:

International review of research in mental retardation ; 16.

International review of research in mental retardation ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual disability.

Developmental disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume addresses three important areas of current research in mental retardation: behavioral toxicology research and its implications for the cause and prevention of some types of mental retardation, cognitive processes in mentally retarded individuals and the significance of this issue for the further development of remediation techniques, and social adaptation and family functioning and the importance of these topics for the study of mental retardation.

Contents:

Front Cover; International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, Volume 16; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Methodological Issues in Specifying Neurotoxic Risk Factors for Developmental Delay: Lead and Cadmium as Prototypes; I. Introduction; II. Brief Summary of Risk Literature in Child Development; III. Risk Models; IV. Assessing Effects of Combinations of Risk Factors with Statistical Models; V. Specifying Risk Factors for Developmental Disabilities Due to Lead and Cadmium; VI. Recurring Issues in Neurotoxicology of Lead and Cadmium; VII. Summary; References

Chapter 2. The Role of Methylmercury Toxicity in Mental RetardationI. Introduction; II. Mercury; III. Mercury Exposure; IV. Measurement of Mercury in Human; V. Clinical Syndromes of Mercury Poisoning; VI. Outbreks of Human Exposure; VII. Relationship of Clinical Disorders to Exposure Levels; VIII. Fetal Sensitivity; IX. Studies of Metal Methylmercury Exposure at Low Levels; X. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Attentional Resource Allocation and Mental Retardation; I. Introduction; II. Development of the Attentional Resource Hypothesis; III. Attentional Resource Allocation

IV. Preliminary ResearchV. Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Individual Differences in Cognitive and Social Problem-Solving Skills as a Function of Intelligence; I. Introduction; II. Models of Cognitive Problem Solving; III. Individual Differences in Cognitive Problem Solving; IV. Models of Social Problem Solving; V. Individual Differences in Social Problem Solving; VI. Methods of Assessment; VII. Methods of Fostering Cognitive and Social Problem Solving; VIII. Limitations of Current Research; IX. Future Directions and Conclusions; References

Chapter 5. Social Intelligence, Social Competence, and Interpersonal CompetenceI. Introduction; II. Investigations of Socially Based Competencie; III. Greenspan's Models; IV. Investigations of Social and Adaptive Intelligence in Mentally Retarded Adolescents; References; Chapter 6. Conceptual Relationships between Family Research and Mental Retardation; I. Introduction; II. Issues Surrounding the Conceptualization of Mental Retardation; III. Classification within Mental Retardation; IV. Personality, Motivation, and Other Individual Differences; V. Conclusions and Implications; References

IndexContents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-74898-6

9786611748982

0-08-085794-9

OCLC:

476219121