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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956592003321

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

9781349438976

1349438979

9781137025586

1137025581

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

362.3

Soggetti

Educational psychology

Educational sociology

Sociology

Clinical psychology

Personality

Difference (Psychology)

Cognitive psychology

Educational Psychology

Sociology of Education

Clinical Psychology

Personality and Differential 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.