01:830:340 Study Guide - Final Guide: Operant Conditioning, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Fluoxetine

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:340
• Professor: Professor Lyra Stein

Document Summary

Conceptual skills- focus largely on community self-sufficiency including communication, self-direction, and health and safety. Social skills- focus on understanding how to behave in social situations. Practical skills- focus on the tasks of daily living like self-care, home living, and work. Causes (down"s syndrome, pku, fragile x syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome-others toxins : down syndrome- a chromosomal disorder that is most common known cause of mental retardation. It is caused by an extra chromosome (usually on the 21st pair), failure of chromosome to separate. Distinctive physical appearance: slanting eyes, extra fold of skin, small head, short stature, protruding tongue. 47 chromosomes rather than 46, trisomy 21 function in the moderate to sever range of intellectual disability: fragile-x syndrome- the second most common known biological cause of mental retardation. Transmitted genetically and indicated by a weakening or break on one arm of the x sex chromosome.