Author Question: Discuss why some children with Down syndrome have problems developing secure attachments. What ... (Read 146 times)

evelyn o bentley · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Discuss why some children with Down syndrome have problems developing secure attachments.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain how learned helplessness may arise in a child with intellectual disability.

What will be an ideal response?

SAUXC · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A significant number of these children may have problems in developing a secure attachment because they express less emotion than other children.

Answer to Question 2

This learned helplessness may be unwittingly condoned by adults. When they are told a child is retarded, adults are less likely to urge that child to persist after failure than they are to urge a normal child at the same level of cognitive development.