Down's Syndrome: The Pshychology of MongolismCe document tente de fournir la somme des informations recueillies par l'auteur sur les aspects psychologiques touchant les personnes atteintes du syndrome de Down. Il décrit alors le développement psychologique des individus, les caractéristiques de l'intelligence, une analyse comparative de la personnalité, l'adaptation sociale, les aptitudes que les personnes peuvent développer, le développement cognitif, le langage et la communication. Il termine en portant son regard particulièrement sur la modification de comportement. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
3 | 37 |
The foundations of intelligence | 78 |
normal and abnormal | 111 |
Socialization | 151 |
Ability profiles | 180 |
Learning and arousal | 205 |
Speech and language | 233 |
I Decision and reaction | 261 |
II Varieties of care | 288 |
Overview | 321 |
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ability aetiological Alzheimer's disease American Journal auditory behavioural Benda Binet Brousseau and Brainerd chromosome clinical cognitive compared controls correlation cytogenetic developmental diagnostic differences discrimination disorder Down's syndrome DS child DS children DS individuals DS infants DS patients DS sample DS subjects early effects environmental evidence factors favour females findings frequency Gibson growth handicap home-reared hospital hypotonia included indices institutional institutionalized intellectual intelligence IQ levels Journal of Mental karyotype language less maturational mean IQ mental age Mental Deficiency mentally retarded mongolism mongoloid months mosaicism motor neurological non-DS retarded normal children nurtural parents patterns performance personality physical points potential problems programmes psychological psychometric quotient range reaction reported response retarded children scale scores sensory sensory thresholds severely retarded social social stereotype somatic speech standard trisomy status stereotype stigmata stimulation translocation variables verbal Vineland visual
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