Perception of Contingency and Mental Retardation.

DeVellis, Robert F.; McCauley, Charley

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ERIC Number: EJ212512

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Sep

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Perception of Contingency and Mental Retardation.

DeVellis, Robert F.; McCauley, Charley

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v9 n3 p261-70 Sep 1979

It is argued that the general learning difficulties exhibited by mentally retarded persons are similar in many respects to the learning difficulties of nonretarded persons who are in a state of learned helplessness (M. Seligman, 1975) or who are external in locus of control orientation. (Author)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Individual Power, Learning Problems, Locus of Control, Mental Retardation, Research Reviews (Publications)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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