GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
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Question
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has an IQ slightly below average with one primary weakness in an academic area.
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functions significantly below average across the board academically and socially.
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has a significantly below average IQ but adaptive skills in the average range
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Typical characteristics include: mild to significant weaknesses in general learning ability. low achievement in all academic areas. deficits in memory and motivation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Description. Intellectual disability (ID) is below-average cognitive ability with significant limitations in adaptive skills areas.
Detailed explanation-3: -(6) Intellectual disability means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, based on a number of epidemiological studies, persons with an IQ score of 50 or less are considered to have severe intellectual disability; whereas, persons with an IQ above 50 are considered to have mild intellectual disability (13-16).