After educating a group of nursing students about intellectual disability and adaptive behavior, the instructor determines that additional education is needed when the group identifies which of the following as a type of skill involved with adaptive behav
A) Intellectual skill
B) Conceptual skill
C) Social skill
D) Practical skill
Ans: A
Adaptive behavior comprises three skill types: conceptual skills (language and literacy, money, time, number concepts, and self-direction); social skills (interpersonal skills, social responsibility, self-esteem, gullibility, social problem solving, and the ability to follow rules and obey laws and to avoid being victimized); and practical skills (activities of daily living, occupational skills, health care, travel and transportation, schedules and routines, safety, use of money, use of telephone).
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