Knowledge

Moron (psychology)

Source 📝

114:
Following opposition to Goddard's attempts to popularize his ideas, Goddard recanted his earlier assertions about the moron: "It may still be objected that moron parents are likely to have imbecile or idiot children. There is not much evidence that this is the case. The danger is probably
38:. Once the term became popularized, it fell out of use by the psychological community, as it was used more commonly as an insult than as a psychological term. It is similar to 108: 396: 321: 391: 386: 100: 230: 96:", was formerly considered a valid descriptor in the psychological community, but it is now deprecated in use by psychologists. 73: 358: 286: 262: 185: 162: 124: 219: 197: 376: 381: 72:), which meant "dull" and used to describe a person with a mental age in adulthood of between 7 and 10 on the 129: 35: 298: 64: 304:
Manual of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death
104: 31: 336: 254: 302: 77: 8: 315: 279:
Measuring Minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the Origins of American Intelligence Testing
354: 282: 258: 215: 181: 158: 212:
Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Intellectual Disability in the United States
55: 248: 178:
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race.
134: 370: 250:
Medical aspects of disability: a handbook for the rehabilitation professional
93: 59: 253:(third edition, illustrated ed.), Springer Publishing Company, p.  173: 27: 23: 247:
Zaretsky, Herbert H.; Richter, Edwin F.; Eisenberg, Myron G. (2005),
92:, along with others including "idiotic", "imbecilic", "stupid", and " 351:
The Legacy of Malthus: The Social Costs of the New Scientific Racism
81: 39: 103:, 1977), morons and feeble-minded persons were said to have "mild 85: 43: 198:"The Clinical History of 'Moron,' 'Idiot,' and 'Imbecile'" 297: 246: 111:" or "high-grade defect" with IQ in the range 50–70. 368: 84:" (IQ of 26–50) and superior in two degrees to " 80:(IQ) of 51–70, being superior in one degree to " 397:Pejorative terms for people with disabilities 271: 54:"Moron" was coined in 1910 by psychologist 328: 320:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 343: 147: 16:Old term for mild intellectual disability 291: 204: 167: 99:In the obsolete medical classification ( 76:. It was once applied to people with an 369: 233:, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, 125:Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome 34:. The term was closely tied with the 392:Obsolete terms for mental disorders 310:. Vol. 1. Jeneva. p. 212. 13: 334:Goddard, Henry H. Who Is a Moron? 49: 14: 408: 387:Slurs related to low intelligence 340:, Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 41–46. 281:. Cambridge University Press, 240: 224: 190: 157:University of Illinois Press, 1: 140: 130:Eugenics in the United States 237:, on Perseus Digital Library 210:Trent, James W. Jr. (2017). 153:Rafter, Nicole Hahn (1998). 7: 214:. Oxford University Press, 118: 10: 413: 277:Zenderland, Leila (2001). 36:American eugenics movement 299:World Health Organization 88:" (IQ of 0–25). The word 155:Creating Born Criminals. 377:Intellectual disability 235:A Greek–English Lexicon 180:Thunder's Mouth Press, 32:intellectual disability 22:is a term once used in 382:Obsolete medical terms 353:. Knopf/Random House, 337:The Scientific Monthly 200:. merriam-webster.com. 349:Chase, Allan (1977). 78:intelligence quotient 135:Euphemism treadmill 105:mental retardation 359:978-0-394-48045-9 287:978-0-521-00363-6 264:978-0-8261-7973-9 186:978-1-56858-321-1 163:978-0-252-06741-9 404: 361: 347: 341: 332: 326: 325: 319: 311: 309: 295: 289: 275: 269: 267: 244: 238: 228: 222: 208: 202: 201: 194: 188: 171: 165: 151: 107:", "mild mental 56:Henry H. Goddard 412: 411: 407: 406: 405: 403: 402: 401: 367: 366: 365: 364: 348: 344: 333: 329: 313: 312: 307: 296: 292: 276: 272: 265: 245: 241: 229: 225: 209: 205: 196: 195: 191: 172: 168: 152: 148: 143: 121: 52: 50:Origin and uses 30:to denote mild 17: 12: 11: 5: 410: 400: 399: 394: 389: 384: 379: 363: 362: 342: 327: 290: 270: 263: 239: 223: 220:978-0199396184 203: 189: 166: 145: 144: 142: 139: 138: 137: 132: 127: 120: 117: 51: 48: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 409: 398: 395: 393: 390: 388: 385: 383: 380: 378: 375: 374: 372: 360: 356: 352: 346: 339: 338: 331: 323: 317: 306: 305: 300: 294: 288: 284: 280: 274: 266: 260: 256: 252: 251: 243: 236: 232: 227: 221: 217: 213: 207: 199: 193: 187: 183: 179: 175: 170: 164: 160: 156: 150: 146: 136: 133: 131: 128: 126: 123: 122: 116: 115:negligible." 112: 110: 106: 102: 97: 95: 94:feeble-minded 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 66: 61: 60:Ancient Greek 57: 47: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 350: 345: 335: 330: 303: 293: 278: 273: 249: 242: 234: 226: 211: 206: 192: 177: 174:Black, Edwin 169: 154: 149: 113: 109:subnormality 98: 89: 69: 63: 53: 19: 18: 74:Binet scale 371:Categories 141:References 28:psychiatry 24:psychology 316:cite book 58:from the 301:(1977). 176:(2004). 119:See also 82:imbecile 40:imbecile 357:  285:  261:  218:  184:  161:  308:(PDF) 231:μωρός 101:ICD-9 90:moron 86:idiot 70:moros 65:μωρός 62:word 44:idiot 20:Moron 355:ISBN 322:link 283:ISBN 259:ISBN 216:ISBN 182:ISBN 159:ISBN 42:and 26:and 255:346 373:: 318:}} 314:{{ 257:, 46:. 324:) 268:. 68:(

Index

psychology
psychiatry
intellectual disability
American eugenics movement
imbecile
idiot
Henry H. Goddard
Ancient Greek
μωρός
Binet scale
intelligence quotient
imbecile
idiot
feeble-minded
ICD-9
mental retardation
subnormality
Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome
Eugenics in the United States
Euphemism treadmill
ISBN
978-0-252-06741-9
Black, Edwin
ISBN
978-1-56858-321-1
"The Clinical History of 'Moron,' 'Idiot,' and 'Imbecile'"
ISBN
978-0199396184
μωρός
Medical aspects of disability: a handbook for the rehabilitation professional

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.