Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: White Matter, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Brain Damage

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Stephen w. , who is autistic, was able to draw a panoramic image of rome after glancing at it. Raven"s matrices is the most culturally fair iq test. You don"t need to know specific culture facts. Combining genius with physical and mental disabilities. Ex: leslie who was born blind and mentally disabled but could play the piano exceptionally well. Dr. jl down: idiot savant , idiot was an accepted category of intellectual impairment at the time, meant an iq lower than a score of 25. Savants excel in a narrow range of abilities such as: lightening fast math, music, calendar calculations, art, mechanical or spatial abilities. Also less common: time estimation, sensory discrimination, esp. Very common: blind and autistic who have strong music ability. Most skills seem to be right hemisphere. All linked with phenomenal (but narrow) memory. Very rare less than 100 reports of prodigious ability. 6 times more likely in males than in females.