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According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, which of the following is the best description of intellectual disabilities?
 
  a. Subaverage general intellectual functioning
  b. Impairment in ability to adapt to the requirements of the everyday world
  c. Subaverage general intellectual functioning and impairment in ability to adapt to the requirements of the everyday world
  d. Sub average general intellectual functioning or impairment in ability to adapt to the requirements of the everyday world

Question 2

You notice that Krista, one of your students, rarely finishes her homework. In class, you notice that she is often squirming in her seat and looking around the room while you're talking, and she sometimes drifts off even when you're speaking directly to her. Concerned, you check her records and talk to her previous teachers. You see that she was given the WISC-III (an individualized intelligence test), and her score was slightly above average. Her other teachers comment that the patterns you've observed existed in their classes as well. Based on this information, which of the following most accurately describes the patterns you've observed in Krista's behavior?
 
  a. She is mildly intellectually handicapped.
  b. She is behaviorally disordered.
  c. She has a communication disorder.
  d. She has an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d





 

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