Question

The new name for mental retardation, according to the American Association on Mental Retardation, is:

• A. Feeble mindedness
• B. Madness
• C. Intellectual disability
• D. Mentally unstable

Hint:

The modern, respectful replacement for the old term.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Recall the terminology change. The condition formerly called mental retardation has been renamed intellectual disability, also termed general learning disability.

Step 2: Define the condition. Intellectual disability is a generalized neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by significantly impaired intellectual functioning together with impaired adaptive functioning, beginning in the developmental period.

Step 3: Why the distractors are wrong. Feeble mindedness, madness, and mentally unstable are outdated, non-specific, or pejorative terms that are not the accepted modern designation.