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Types of Mental Deficiency and Their Social Significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

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In recent years there has been an increasing tendency for the papers presented at the meetings of this Association to deal with the application of science to industrial and social problems. The norms of science have been applied to the art of living. The rapprochement on this platform between the scientist and the man of practical affairs has gone even further. Valuable contributions have been made by administrators and leaders of industry which have indicated the scientific implications of the practical problems in their respective spheres; and by no means the least function served by these contributions has been that of propounding problems to the scientists.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1933 

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* Dr. Penrose, to whom I am much indebted for several valuable observations on the subject matter of this paper, suggests that in order to emphasize the normal character of the variations manifested by the subcultural group they should be referred to as physiological variations. The only objection—and it is not one of vital importance—is that physiology deals with functions, whereas the kinship of the subcultural to the normal is primarily in respect of endowments. The term “subnormal” indicates most appropriately the status of this group, but unfortunately this term is usually applied to all cases with mental capacities below normal. Google Scholar

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