Mental Retardation 智障 and Intelligence Quotient 智商 (IQ)
Mental Retardation (弱智)
Mental Retardation is characterized by significantly subaverage intellectual functioning associated with the limitation of two or more the following areas:
'Communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self-direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure and work. '
Determination of IQ (智商)
IQ = (mental age / chronological age) X 100. It is based on standardized psychological tests.
Two popular psychological tests are used for testing intelligence:
Classification of Mental Retardation
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