Read and arrange the given points as per American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD's) views on intellectual disability.
(A) Deficits in a person's capacity to be independent and deal effectively with the environment.
(B) The deficits must be observed during developmental period (0-18)yrs
(C) The definition points to three basic features
(D) A person must show significantly sub-average intellectual functioning
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (D), (A), (B)
(C) The definition points to three basic features — first comes the AAMD’s view of intellectual disability as ‘significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behaviour and manifested during the developmental period’, which points to three basic features.
(D) A person must show significantly sub-average intellectual functioning — the first feature: persons with IQs below 70 are judged to have sub-average intelligence.
(A) Deficits in a person’s capacity to be independent and deal effectively with the environment — the second feature, deficits in adaptive behaviour, which is the capacity to be independent and to deal effectively with one’s environment.
(B) The deficits must be observed during developmental period (0-18) yrs — the third feature: the deficits must appear in the developmental period, between 0 and 18 years of age.
NCERT (2025-26): “Variations of Intelligence … The American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) views intellectual disability as ‘significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behaviour and manifested during the developmental period’. This definition points to three basic features. First, in order to be judged as intellectually disabled, a person must show significantly sub-average intellectual functioning. Persons having IQs below 70 are judged to have sub-average intelligence. The second relates to deficits in adaptive behaviour. Adaptive behaviour refers to a person’s capacity to be independent and deal effectively with one’s environment. The third feature is that the deficits must be observed during the developmental period, that is between 0 and 18 years of age.…” |