A paper by Bellugi and colleagues (1992) describes an eighteen-year-old woman with an IQ over two standard deviations below normal. The woman tells her father what it was like to have an MRI of her brain: "There is a huge machine
It took a picture inside the brain… After it's done, they show you your brain on a computer… Oh, and it was very exciting!" Such a high degree of language proficiency is not common for someone with such a low IQ. This young woman most likely has a genetic condition known as ___.
a. Down Syndrome
b. Williams Syndrome
c. Autism
d. Edward's Syndrome
B
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Compared to men, women_______
a. contract fatal diseases (such as cancer or heart disease) at about the same average ages as men, but survive longer with such diseases. b. remain in good health much longer, without significant disability or disease. c. have more chronic health condition, but contract fatal diseases later in life. d. contract fatal diseases at later average ages and have decreased incidences of depression and anxiety.
Grant is sitting in his high chair calling to his dog, "Here Dog." He then turns to his mother and says, "Want juice." Grant is exhibiting
a. cooing. b. telegraphic speech. c. the single-word stage. d. babbling.