mental age
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It’s not cute watching and adult man regress to the mental age of a three-year-old.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024
Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.
From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020
The judges were told the woman's daughter is in her 20s, is 22 weeks pregnant, and has the mental age of a child aged between the age of six and nine.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2019
At 26, Katelyn has an estimated mental age of 8 and a long list of diagnosed conditions.
From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2017
If a youth of 18 and a man of 60 years both have a mental age of 12 years, the I Q in each case is 12 ÷ 16, or .75.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
