One Thing That Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Have in Common

question 50

Multiple Choice

One thing that persons with intellectual disabilities have in common with persons who are mentally gifted (scoring in the very superior range) is that both conditions

• A) can be demonstrated only with culture-fair IQ tests.
• B) are caused by early childhood experiences.
• C) reflect extremes of the normal curve.
• D) are not influenced by environment.

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Definitions:

Gut Reaction

An immediate or instinctive emotional reaction to something, without conscious thought.

Critical Thinking

The intellectual process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion.

Alternative Explanations

Different theories or reasons that explain a phenomenon or observation, often considered when the primary explanation is insufficient.

Emotional Reasoning

A cognitive process where an individual bases their beliefs and decisions on their emotions rather than on objective reality.