Why Would It Be Incorrect to Say That Individuals Diagnosed

question 74

Multiple Choice

Why would it be incorrect to say that individuals diagnosed with specific learning disorders are not intelligent?

• A) It would confuse specific learning disorders with giftedness.
• B) The concept of specific learning disorder has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence.
• C) Specific learning disorders can be diagnosed in people of any intelligence, since they are partially determined by academic performance that falls substantially below IQ-based expectations.
• D) Specific learning disorders are only diagnosed in people of high intelligence.

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Definitions:

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A process that separates solids from liquids or gases using a filter medium that only allows the fluid to pass through.

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