Question 6 (part 2) · LEK · Intellectual developmental disorders
Which of the following statements is false about mild intellectual disability (IQ=69-50) when differentiated with more severe levels:
- A. the correlation of intellectual ability of parents and children in the population with IQ=69-50 is close to zero.
- B. in the population with IQ=69-50 the symptoms of CNS damage are rare.
- C. in the population with IQ=69-50 the aetiology is multi-factorial.
- D. 95% of cases in the population with IQ=69-50 are from lower socio-economic regions.
- E. People with mild intellectual disability are the most populous group from all people with intellectual disability.
Hint
Contrast the cultural-familial pattern of mild intellectual disability with the organic, sporadic pattern typical of severe forms.
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