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IQ is not a useful measure of mental function, because the dysfunction interferes with accurate testing.
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What is your age if your IQ is 56?
IQ is not strongly associated with age. An IQ of 56 represents mental retardation, but nothing about the person's age.
What is the cut off score for mental retardation?
We have to be very careful with this, because mental retardation cannot be diagnosed knowing only a person's standard IQ score. There must also be serious impairment in two areas of adaptive behavior. If a person can communicate with others, take care of her/himself in regard to daily living activities, and if the person has good social skills, then mental retardation is not an appropriate label for that person. Generally, an IQ below 70 would also be part of the diagnostic picture for someone dealing with mental retardation.
What is the crieteria of mental retardation?
There are three criteria for mental retardation. 1) IQ must be below approximately 70, as measured by an intelligence test, or in roughly the bottom 2% of the population. 2) This decline in IQ must interfere with the person's ability to function in daily life. For example, a person with mild mental retardation may have difficulty handling money, cooking for themselves, or taking medicine as prescribed. 3) Onset of these difficulties must occur prior to age 18. This is why, when a person develops these problems as a result of Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia, they are not described as mentally retarded.
What does IQ score of 65 mean?
IQ from 50 to 70 is 'Mild mental retardation'.
What are IQ standard scores?
100 is average. Below 70 is mental retardation and above 130 is mental giftedness. This is on the Stanford-Binet IQ test.
What if your ten year olds daughters IQ is 68?
the commonly excepted line for mental retardation is an IQ of 70
What is the difference mental Retardation and Learning Disability?
A person with mental retardation has a low IQ and difficulty with tasks associated with daily living. A person with a learning disability may have an average or above average IQ but has difficulty in a specific area. For example, a very smart child may have trouble reading. This child is not mentally retarded but rather may have a learning disability.
What does 7.5 on an IQ test mean?
This would be an abnormally low IQ which would indicate mental retardation or an error in the test or an miss understanding of the question being asked by the person taking the test.
Is IQ score of 65 classed as an intellectual disorder?
Yes, below seventy is considered several mental retardation.
What does it mean if your IQ is 97?
Borderline mental retardation. It's true, 100 is average.
Disabilities associated with the movie Forrest gump?
In the movie, Forrest Gump was identified as having an IQ of 75 which is consistent with mental retardation.
Who were Skeels and Dye?
H.M.Skeels and H.B.Dye, two psychologists who did an experiment in the 1930's on the IQ's of 13 mentally retarded children transferred from an orphanage to an institution for mental retardation. google it.
