Counter argument on classmates post: Requirement of citations and resources Disc
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Question
Counter argument on classmates post: Requirement of citations and resources
Discussion post of classmate:
Adaptive functioning is how well a person can manage everyday life independently and function in society (Mash, 2016). It is important to evaluate adaptive functioning because although some has a low IQ doesn’t mean they can’t adapt to the world around them. If they can read and write, understand how to use money, follow rules, obey laws, and eat, dress and use the bathroom, as well as other day to day living tasks than they can live on their own. If a child has a low IQ but can learn to adapt to their environment then they would not be considered intellectually disabled (Mash, 2016).
Explanation / Answer
Let us focus on the premise and the statement that follows, which should be derivative of the premise, that is, it should be corollary to the premise. The premise of the aforementioned argument is based on the fact that an intellectually disabled individual can (and will) face trouble intellectually and with reference to their adaptive behavior skills, which is true based on the plethora of empirical evidence prevalent.
Further, we need to define intellectual disability. Intellectual Disability is that which involves the presence of two main components to identify someone as Disabled, they are: General learning Disability and Mental Retardation, which leads to adaptive dysfunction, wherein an individual - owing to their disorder - cannot mold themselves and/or adapt to their given environment without the help of external assistance.
One of the primary components of focus over here would be the variable Mental Retardation, mental retardation involves an IQ below that of 70.
The aforementioned stance is based on the assumption that learning to adapt to ones environment - for a child with low IQ - is fairly simple, and involves mere mundane tasks such as reading and writing, understanding how to use money, follow rules, obey laws, eat, dress, and use the loo, as well as the other day to day living tasks than they can live on their own. But, it is much more than that.
Adaptive skills not only take into consideration an individuals IQ, which is important, but also his/her Emotional Quotient (EQ), which is also quite important. As we are part of a society, a community, our adaptive skills are more focused and circumventing around how we function as a social animal, that is, dealing with the people around us, and adapting to their given code of conduct.
So, of course when one says 'a child with low IQ,' it becomes extremely important to demarcate and elucidate the boundaries of Intelligence Quotient (IQ), because "Low IQ," in itself, can insinuate sundry things - one of them being mental retardation - which could make a perfectly fine argument void. And it is also necessary to build a well rounded argument which involves the mentioning of each factors (emotional intelligence in the above case), the missing out of which can lead to lapses in ones argument, as seen above.
It is also necessary to be really clear with ones definitions of the important components of discussion.