The definition of what constitutes mental retardation is changing.
Historically, mental retardation, once called feeblemindedness, idiocy, and mental deficiency, was based strictly on the scientific result of the IQ test.Anyone scoring below 70 on the IQ test was known to be mentally retarded. According to Psychiatric Services, that definition is changing.In fact, even the name is [...]
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Two decades ago, James R. Flynn, a professor emeritus at the University of Otaga in New Zealand found that IQ test scores have been increasing over the years–a phenomenon known as the “Flynn Effect”. This is despite failing schools and stagnant standardized test scores. In his new book “What is Intelligence?”, he talks about the [...]
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American Nobel Prize-winning scientist, James Watson, created more controversy recently around the racial issues in IQ testing by being quoted as saying he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours whereas all testing says not really.” [...]
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