Ben Has an IQ of 79 and Adaptive Behaviors Only

question 148

Multiple Choice

Ben has an IQ of 79 and adaptive behaviors only slightly below average.He will benefit from a carefully structured education,will be able to live alone as an adult,may marry,but will tend to have some difficulties with some of the demands of adult life.Ben would be diagnosed with a __________ disability.

• A) mild intellectual
• B) borderline
• C) moderate
• D) profound

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Definitions:

Continental Rift

A linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart and is the site of potential volcanic activity and new oceanic crust formation.

Contact Metamorphism

A process where rocks are altered due to heat and chemical fluids from nearby magma.

Normal Faults

Fractures in the Earth's crust where rock layers have moved vertically relative to each other due to extensional forces.

Shearing

The deformation of a material by slippage along parallel planes, often associated with faults and seismic activity in the Earth's crust.