Casey Is Eight Years Old

question 130

Multiple Choice

Casey is eight years old.He has finally learned to dress himself in the mornings and is learning to play softball with his older brother.However,he does not seem to be able to learn how to read or perform simple mathematic operations.Casey is best described as having _____.

• A) profound retardation
• B) severe retardation
• C) moderate retardation
• D) mild retardation
• E) non-functional retardation

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Definitions:

Negated

Made ineffective or invalidated; in logic, a proposition that denies or contradicts another proposition.

Raining

The process of precipitation in the form of water droplets falling from clouds in the atmosphere to the ground.

Not Raining

The condition of the weather where no precipitation is occurring.

If-then Statement

A logical conditional statement stating that if one thing happens, then another will as well, expressing a causal or inferential relationship.