Question

How do
Psychologists classify mentally
retarded people on the basis of IQ scores?
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Answer 1

For many years, only scores from intelligence tests (IQs) were used in the diagnosis of mental retardation. As professionals and the public came to understand better the limitations of intelligence theory and IQ tests, finding other useful measures for assessing mental retardation became more urgent, especially because of allegations of racial, cultural, and gender bias in standard IQ assessment instruments. Yet constructs like adaptive behavior have proven at least as difficult to assess as intelligence, and IQ still looms large in determining eligibility for a diagnosis of mental retardation.

Answer 2

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