How would a person know if they are retarded ?
Question:
Would an I.Q. test show whether or not a person is mentally slow, or would it just take that person longer to comprehend what is on the test ?
Does an anarexic person really see a fat person when they look in the mirror ? Is the mind really so strong that it can twist a persons' perception of themselves so much that they do not realize that they have a problem ?
I would think that this could be true when you witness alchoholics and drugees. They can't see that they have a problem untill someone tells them.
I perceive myself as normal - perhaps in someways intelligent, yet I am begining to suspect that this is not the case at all.
I think back on the classes that I had to take for the 'slow' kids.
I think back on all the times I was called stupid and retard. Was it really just kids being mean, or am I really just too stupid to comprehend that they were right ?
Answers:
A psychologist would administer an IQ test. Usually, for an IQ falling below the 70 mark would start the diagnosis for mildly retarded. It is also possible that a person is not retard or mentally challenged, but rather has a learning disability, which is quite a different concept.
I do not know the answer to this question but I know of two ways u might be able to suspect it. If you are really slow in school and your brain takes a long while to process anything (of course this could be incorrectly diagnosed). The other would be, I am sure with all the nice people in the world ( and i am being sarcastic) you jus might be able to figure out the answer to that question.
First of all, an IQ test would tell if a person were "retarded." Many years of research has been done to validate this test.
Yes, the mind is very powerful. Anorexics really see fat people when they look at themselves. And you can convince yourself of anything. For example, people have cut off their limbs and NOT experienced any pain. Why? A combination of the mind and chemicals in the body.
The mind can split into different personalities or people can dissociate and enter trances. This is an incredibility intense and powerful experience.
The brain/mind is incredible and we know nothing about it. Much more research needs to be done to understand all the processing and abilities that the brain has.
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