The Concept of Pseudofeeblemindedness

The influence of intelligence and adaptive behavior on rote learning and social skills

“…The aspect of "incurability" in Doll's conception of mental retardation had been particularly challenged by the findings of follow-up studies that significant proportions of persons who had been diagnosed in childhood as mentally retarded and treated as such through institutionalization or placement in special classes had proved to be competent adults in mental, social, and economic terms (Bailer, 1936;Benton, 1955;Charles, 1953;Scheerenberger, 1983).…”

The influence of intelligence and adaptive behavior on rote learning and social skills

“…The aspect of "incurability" in Doll's conception of mental retardation had been particularly challenged by the findings of follow-up studies that significant proportions of persons who had been diagnosed in childhood as mentally retarded and treated as such through institutionalization or placement in special classes had proved to be competent adults in mental, social, and economic terms (Bailer, 1936;Benton, 1955;Charles, 1953;Scheerenberger, 1983).…”

The influence of intelligence and adaptive behavior on rote learning and social skills

“…The aspect of "incurability" in Doll's conception of mental retardation had been particularly challenged by the findings of follow-up studies that significant proportions of persons who had been diagnosed in childhood as mentally retarded and treated as such through institutionalization or placement in special classes had proved to be competent adults in mental, social, and economic terms (Bailer, 1936;Benton, 1955;Charles, 1953;Scheerenberger, 1983).…”

The influence of intelligence and adaptive behavior on rote learning and social skills

“…The aspect of "incurability" in Doll's conception of mental retardation had been particularly challenged by the findings of follow-up studies that significant proportions of persons who had been diagnosed in childhood as mentally retarded and treated as such through institutionalization or placement in special classes had proved to be competent adults in mental, social, and economic terms (Bailer, 1936;Benton, 1955;Charles, 1953;Scheerenberger, 1983).…”