Bailey, a boy who displays a mild intellectual disability, is struggling with a word problem about a car driving from one point to another. The problem is illustrated with a diagram of the car's route. Which of the following is the most likely reason for Bailey's difficulty with the problem?
a. Bailey is confused by the diagram.
b. Bailey cannot keep all the facts in his short-term memory long enough to figure out the problem.
c. Bailey does not know how to generalize the strategies he has learned for solving this kind of math problem to the particular problem before him.
d. Bailey, like most children with mild intellectual disabilities, has poor iconic memory.
Question 2
The _____ considers the psychological factors that influence people and their sense of perception.
A) trichromatic theory
B) opponent-process theory
C) signal-detection theory
D) frequency theory
The Nine-Dot Problem
Family teaching: problem solving skills.
These photos show a rat burying a test object from which it has just received a single mild shock.
Cards Used in a Socially Situated Version of the Problem-Solving Test
Problem
Escape Speed Problem