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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808553103321

Autore

Whitaker S

Titolo

Intellectual Disability : An Inability to Cope with an Intellectually Demanding World / / by S. Whitaker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-43897-9

1-137-02558-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

362.3

Soggetti

Educational psychology

Education—Psychology

Educational sociology

Sociology

Clinical psychology

Personality

Social psychology

Cognitive psychology

Educational Psychology

Sociology of Education

Sociology, general

Clinical Psychology

Personality and Social Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

History and definitions -- The concept of intelligence -- Measuring intelligence -- The concept and measurement of adaptive behaviour -- Acquiring a diagnosis and the prevalence of intellectual disability -- Causes of intellectual disability -- Problems with the current definition -- Intellectual disability reconceptualised and redefined.

Sommario/riassunto

The current construct of intellectual disability is based on the assumption that both IQ and adaptive behaviour can be measured



accurately. Intellectual Disability explains how and why this is not fit for purpose and that it is actually neither necessary nor reasonable to have a single construct of intellectual disability.