Which of the Following People Would Be Considered a Savant

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following people would be considered a savant?

• A) Carrie, who is mentally retarded
• B) Luka, who is mentally retarded but has superb mathematical skills
• C) Carter, who is gifted and does well at most tasks
• D) Abby, who is gifted but has major difficulties with spelling
• E) Cleo, who is of average intelligence, but is great at math and terrible at spelling

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Definitions:

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