AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -savant syndrome, rare condition wherein a person of less than normal intelligence or severely limited emotional range has prodigious intellectual gifts in a specific area. Mathematical, musical, artistic, and mechanical abilities have been among the talents demonstrated by savants.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common savant abilities are called splinter skills. These include behaviors such as obsessive preoccupation with, and memorization of, music and sports trivia, license plate numbers, maps, historical facts, or obscure items such as vacuum cleaner motor sounds, for example.

Detailed explanation-3: -Usually, only one exceptional skill is present. Those with the condition generally have a neurodevelopmental disorder such as autism spectrum disorder or have a brain injury. About half of cases are associated with autism, and these individuals may be known as “autistic savants".

Detailed explanation-4: -Correct. The existence of savant syndrome seems to support Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner argues that we do not have an intelligence, but rather multiple intelligences.

Detailed explanation-5: -A savant is a person who, despite disabled general functioning, displays isolated, exceptional skills. The term savant syndrome is now generally preferred to the older term idiot savant because the obsolete “idiot” implies lower capabilities than characterize such cases, among whom IQ generally exceeds 50.