(SOLVED) DEP 2000 Final Exam 1) What is Intellectual Disability as it relates to IQ and what would be the impairments in functioning? Please explain what is IQ and what does it consist of and what are some of the myths debunked in Harriet Washington’s book.

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DEP 2000 Final Exam

1) What is Intellectual Disability as it relates to IQ and what would be the impairments in functioning?

Please explain what is IQ and what does it consist of and what are some of the myths debunked in Harriet Washington’s book.

2) The Course of Prenatal Development. What are the stages? Describe each stage (time period, characteristics).

3) Explain Milestones in Gross Motor Development and provide 2 examples from 2 different developmental stages.

4) Explain Kohlberg’s and Gilligan’s theory of moral development. Compare and contrast.

5) What are the stages of labor? (name, length of time, characteristics) What is postpartum depression? (Symptoms)

6) Explain ACEs and provide examples of their long-term effects.  Explain Trauma and related diagnosis.

7) Gottman: predicted which couples would be divorced 3 years later based on how partners related to each other. Explain the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.

8) Explain the concept of readiness as explained in the childhood lecture.

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1) What is Intellectual Disability as it relates to IQ and what would be the impairments in functioning?

Please explain what is IQ and what does it consist of and what are some of the myths debunked in Harriet Washington’s book.

Intellectual Disability is a term that is used to refer to a person's limited ability to function normally evidenced in cognitive functioning and skills. Intellectual Disabilities develop in the period before a birth to eighteen years of age and are caused either by disease, a problem in the brain or injury. In relation to IQ, one of the three criteria for diagnosing a person with Intellectual Disability is having an IQ below 70-75. Some of the functioning impairments caused by Intellectual Disability include; intellectual functioning deficits such as reasoning and abstract thinking and adaptive functioning deficits which significantly affect a person's ability to conform to the sociocultural standards for independence and social responsibility.

2) The Course of Prenatal Development. What are the stages? Describe each stage (time period, characteristics).