Intellectual Disability concerns deficits in adaptive functioning and intellectual functioning in which domains?

• A. Social, emotional, and physical
• B. Conceptual, social, and practical
• C. Academic, behavioral, and physical
• D. Conceptual, emotional, and cultural

Answer: (B)

Adaptive functioning in intellectual disability is assessed across three domains: conceptual, social, and practical. Conceptual includes language, literacy, numeracy, and reasoning; social covers interpersonal communication, social judgment, and the ability to follow rules; practical involves daily living skills like personal care, money management, transportation, and safety. This framework is why the best choice lists conceptual, social, and practical. Other options mix elements that aren’t part of the standard adaptive-functioning domains (for example, academic, emotional, physical, or cultural) and don’t capture the three-domain structure used in this context.