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Publication Date: 1983-Apr
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Vignettes in Mental Retardation.
Crissey, Marie Skodak
Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, v18 n2 p117-19 Apr 1983
The use of the family history chart and the "Binet-Simon Scale" to study mental retardation in the early 20th century are considered, along with the implications of this practice. With the thesis that mental retardation was primarily familial and hereditary, limiting reproduction and segregation were viewed as appropriate approaches. (SEW)
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Language: English
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