What are the requirements for making the diagnosis of intellectual disability?

Answer:


The requirements for making the diagnosis of intellectual disability are (1) deficits in intellectual functions, (2) deficits in adaptive functioning, and (3) onset before age 18.

Psychology

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According to the transgender community, homosexuality is considered ____

a. a normal variation in sexual behavior b. a problem that needs to be fixed c. the result of poor parenting d. nature's way of controlling overpopulation

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Oafish Bill (John's twin brother; see items above) has heard nothing of John's unfortunate encounter with Carole, and he decides to ask her out. Just as he approaches her she bursts into laughter, apparently in response to a joke someone just told. Bill immediately pops the question and she politely declines, having decided to join a convent at the end of the semester. A week later Bill bumps

into Carole on campus but feels no particular embarrassment. The pairing of Bill's request for a date and Carole's laughter is most likely an example of ________. a. trace conditioning b. delayed conditioning c. simultaneous conditioning d. backward conditioning

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Which of the following illustrates latent learning?

a. returning to school in one's adult years to complete one's education b. having one's first opportunity to use CPR techniques six months after having completed the course c. not reading assigned texts until six months after the course had ended d. after failing a course, retaking and passing it

Psychology

The ability to resist interference from irrelevant information to stay focused on the task at hand is called ______.

A. retrieval B. inhibition C. selective attention D. directed attention

Psychology