Darcy has intellectual developmental disorder. Most people, however, don't notice it, although she walks, talks, and feeds herself more slowly than most children. She needs occasional guidance when under unusual social or economic stress, but normally she can function on her own. She is capable of reading at a 6th grade level. Her IQ is 67. The severity of her intellectual developmental disorder is best described as ______.


mild

Psychology

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Cal wants to better understand the attitudes towards children who murder other children. He collects media coverage of recent incidents and uses a computer program to scan through and identify the occurrence of certain words and phrases. Cal is using ____

a. exclusion b. indexing c. exception identification d. significant change reporting

Psychology

What is the implication of a child repeating an action simply to see the action?

a. The child finds the action self-reinforcing. c. Stimulation is a basic drive. b. The child finds the stimulation satisfying. d. All of these are implications.

Psychology

Research suggests that there is _____ between one's race and the outcome of therapy

A) little or no relationship B) a curvilinear relationship C) a positive relationship D) a negative relationship

Psychology

The human population began to increase noticeably around 10,000 years ago. What has been hypothesized as the reason for the population increase at that time?

a. the discovery of medicine b. the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals c. an increase in the size of women's pelvic openings that assisted in labor d. construction techniques that allowed for stronger homes that were better heated

Psychology