Articles for tag: Anemic, Intelligence Tests, Speech Development

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Pediatric Anemia; A Guide to Cause, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

In the United States, seven percent of all children, between ages one and two, suffer from pediatric anemia with females more likely to suffer than males. Often debilitating and leading to delayed child development, understanding what causes anemia in children, anemic symptoms, process of diagnosising and treatment options, will aide a parent in seeking the ...

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Intelligence Testing

“Hey you’re pretty stupid!” exclaimed an onlooker of Homer Simpson’s crazy shenanigans in the syndicated cartoon series The Simpsons. While Homer has always been called stupid, inept, and several other phrases to define his lack of “intelligence”, this episode is special because Homer isn’t considered “stupid”. Quite the contrary, it was discovered that Homer Simpson ...

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IQ Testing: Reliability, Validity, and Scores

An IQ test, as most of you know, is an intelligence test. IQ stands for Intelligence Quotient which is the calculation of one’s score on an IQ test as compared with other test takers in the same age-group. There are several different types of intelligence tests, two of the most popular being the Stanford-Binet intelligence ...

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How to Assess Whether or not Your Child is Gifted

According to standardized testing around the world, the Stanford Binet or Kogan Wallach intelligence tests are the means by which one can distinguish between gifted and regular children. (Dunn, 1963) A child must receive a total of 140 to be recognized as a “gifted child.” A child who receives 180 is considered exceptionally “gifted.” However, ...

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Exotic but Easy to Find Pets

If dogs and cats just aren’t good enough for you, don’t despair. There’s a ton of different exotic pets out there you can own and make your friends envious with. Let’s look at three really cool and easy to find exotic pets you can get. Sugar Gliders Imagine someone took the cutest features of a ...

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The Tip of Emotional Intelligence

  A Human Resources Director stated to me “We obviously want intelligent people, but we also want them to have emotional intelligence.” He meant that he wants to hire logical, factual, and book smart people in the company. Though it is very important that his future employee’s contain strength of their emotions. Due to the ...