PSYC 3220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Muscle Tone, Prenatal Diagnosis, Jerky
29 Apr 2016
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Often prejudice against people with intellectual disability, due to fear and ignorance. Mid 19th century - howe, convinced some that educating those with intellectual disability was a public responsibility, opened first humanitarian institution for the intellectually disabled. 1940s - parents of kids with id began to meet in groups and create local and diagnostic centres. 1950 - national association for retarded children (the arc today) 1962 - jfk formed president"s panel on mental retardation. 4/29/16: led to term moral imbecile, moron , morons considered a threat to society because they could pass for normal. Defining and measuring children"s intelligence and adaptive behaviour. Binet and simon - developing a way to identify schoolchildren who may need extra school help. First intelligence tests to measure judgment and reasoning, believed to be basic processes of higher thought. Manipulating unfamiliar objects, solving puzzles, matching familiar parts of objects.
