What is unique about the intellectual disability caused by phenylketonuria?
What will be an ideal response?
While many conditions inevitably result in brain damage and intellectual disability, early detection of phenylketonuria can prevent any adverse consequences. Children with phenylketonuria are unable to metabolize phenylalanine. If they ingest food with this amino acid, it accumulates and causes brain damage that leads to retardation. The intellectual disability seen in phenylketonuria only occurs if foods with phenylalanine are ingested, therefore it is preventable.
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Each of the following is true of the WAIS-III EXCEPT ______
a. it offers separate verbal and performance scores, as well as an overall IQ score b. on some items, extra points can be earned depending on the complexity of one's answers c. it can be effectively administered to large groups of students at one time and can be quickly and cheaply scored by computer d. on some questions, both speed and accuracy affect the score
The cognitive components that Bandura describes as necessary for the performance of modeled behavior are
A) attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation. B) attention, desire, focus, and reproduction. C) attention, suspension, retention, and motor reproduction. D) attention, desire, retention, and motor reproduction. E) attention, retention, detention, and motivation.