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Intelligence involves risk-awareness and intellectual disability involves risk-unawareness: implications of a theory of common sense
- Authors:
- GREENSPAN Stephen, SWITZKY Harvey N., WOODS George W.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(4), December 2011, pp.246-257.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The concepts of intelligence and common sense are discussed in this article in the context of defining intellectual disability. The article suggests that measures of intelligence, such as IQ tests, do not adequately address the core deficit in intellectual disability. It discusses a theory of common sense, defining common sense as "awareness of obvious social or practical risk". It presents a content model of risk, and discusses risk-awareness and unawareness, why people with intellectual disability are especially at risk, and the implications of a dynamic model of common sense for defining and diagnosing intellectual disability. The authors argue for adoption of the approach that intellectual disability is a common sense deficit disorder.