CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Savants are:
A
Cognitively disabled people with limited ability but a profound ability in one area.
B
Cognitively disabled people who tend to remember most facts that they have learned
C
Extremely gifted people who have an IQ above 115
D
Extremely gifted people who have difficulty adapting to the social pressures of society
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Talented savants are those cognitively impaired persons in whom the musical, artistic or other special abilities are more prominent and highly honed, usually within an area of single expertise and are very conspicuous when viewed in contrast to overall disability.

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: -Savant syndrome is a condition where prodigious talent can co-occur with developmental conditions such as autism spectrum conditions (autism). It is not yet clear why some autistic people develop savant skills while others do not.

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