Sentences with phrase «of above average intelligence»

Because of their above average intelligence, birds can be a joy to train and are typically eager to learn new things from their owners.

«He strikes me as a person of above average intelligence who's tracking conversations and knows what's going on.

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Interestingly, the most comprehensive study of such things found atheists to be above average intelligence and education, but with lower levels of success and achievement than Christians of camparable background.

Such a choice is usually that of a very tortured person, and to be tortured a person has to have an above - average intelligence.

And, alas, I am only of slightly above average intelligence.

The good news for parents is your child has to be of average or above - average intelligence to be diagnosed as having a learning disability.

A learning disability is when a child of average or above - average intelligence, and who has good teaching, is not learning and performing as they should.

«This comparative effectiveness clinical trial provides two new treatments for the 50 percent of adults with autism who have average or above intelligence and formal language,» said Minshew, adding that it's now critical that both new treatments be disseminated in the community.

About half of the children diagnosed with ASD in the new report had normal or above - average intelligence, compared with a third of children 10 years ago, suggesting that a significant proportion of the new cases are due to more sensitive diagnostic measures rather than increased incidence, she says.

I am an educated, degreed woman of 50 years, and I consider myself to be of above - average intelligence.

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I am a fairly tall large man with above average intelligence, good common sense and an excellent sense of humor.

It appears as if serial killers in general are individuals who have above - average levels of intelligence (Ted Bundy's IQ was rated at 136), but are unable to succeed according to the rules of their society.

An extraordinarily versatile performer, Johnson managed to play virtually every sort of role open to an actress of above - average beauty and intelligence in the 1940s.

Not unlike Remy in «Ratatouille,» a movie to which «Free Birds» otherwise bears zero resemblance, Reggie (voiced by Owen Wilson) is introduced as the story's animal - misfit protagonist, a farm turkey of above - average intelligence who alone realizes the cruel fate that awaits his flock come November.

For example, Dr. Joseph Renzulli broke from the traditional approach of defining gifted merely based on high intelligence scores and defined it as the intersection of task commitment, creativity, and above - average ability.

Although the typical Lawrence student has average to above - average abilities and intelligence, most of our students come from academic settings where they felt «below average» or incapable of participating in the learning process.

Decades of research and national test scores confirm that reading problems commonly occur and affect as many as one in five bright and motivated students who have average or above average intelligence.

There are hundreds of thousands of highly gifted children in the U.S. and millions more whose intelligence is above average, yet few receive the education they deserve.

There is no single condition that produces hoarding, and a different mental diagnosis may result in hoarding behavior, but Lockwood said, «Most hoarders are of average or above average intelligence, many are of care - giving professions including teachers, nurses, veterinarians, social service workers, doctors — the majority are women who are over 65, but there are many variations.»

At para. 75, the court said «Such a test would make it possible to exonerate a merchant who is lucky enough to be sued by a consumer of above ‑ average intelligence.»

Minimal brain dysfunction was formally defined in 1966 by Samuel Clements as a combination of average or above average intelligence with certain mild to severe learning or behavioral disabilities characterizing deviant functioning of the central nervous system.

The following inclusion criteria was used: (a) a confirmed ASD diagnosis from available clinician reports or the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS; Lord et al. 2008), as well as scores above the cut - off on the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ; Rutter et al. 2003) or the Social Responsiveness Scale, Second Edition (SRS - 2; Constantino and Gruber 2012); (b) at least average intellectual functioning (IQ > 79) 1 on the two - subtest scale (FSIQ - 2: vocabulary and matrix reasoning) of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - 2nd Edition (WASI - II; Wechsler 2011); (c) between the ages of 8 and 12 years; and (d) demonstrated willingness to attend research assessments and 10 weekly therapy sessions.