What Impact Does Friendship Have on an Adolescent with an Intellectual

question 30

Multiple Choice

What impact does friendship have on an adolescent with an intellectual disability?

• A) Friendships for adolescents with intellectual disabilities increase the risk of bullying and peer victimization.
• B) Friendships are important as they increase the theory of mind and neural connectivity in adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
• C) Friendships are an important source of support increasing quality of life for adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
• D) Friendships for adolescents with intellectual disabilities increase a learned helplessness orientation in adolescents with intellectual disabilities.

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Definitions:

Collective Child-care Arrangements

Childcare that is managed and provided by a group or community, rather than by individual caregivers or parents.

Communal Settlements

Living arrangements where individuals share resources and responsibilities, often based on common values or social ideals.

Physiological Needs

Basic physical requirements essential for survival, such as food, water, shelter, and sleep, as identified in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Higher Order Needs

Needs that go beyond the basic physiological requirements to include psychological and self-fulfillment needs, often associated with Maslow's hierarchy of needs.