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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 12 Problem 3TY

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Solution 1

Intellectual disability as the name indicates it is the inability of a child to learn new things as fast as the normal children. In this experiences difficulty in the daily functioning and will be also dull in the studies. The child of age 10 years with the intellectual disability behave as 3 or 4 year child.

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Intellectual disability may be due to autism, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy.

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FAS mean fetal alcohol syndrome seen in children of heavy drinkers. Alcohol addiction during pregnancy may cause the fetus lethal. This also causes deformities in growth of the embryo. This is caused by the environmental factor.

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Hence the options a and d are not correct.

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Down’s syndrome is another intellectual disorder that is characterized by different facial appearance and experience cognitive delay. This is due to the abnormality of a trisomy in the 21^st pair of the chromosome.

Mother age also play a role in the development of Down’s syndrome as the mothers age increases there is a chance of decrease in the hormones and also the ova is less available.

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Hence the correct option is .