Klein N K, Green B B
Am J Ment Defic. 1979 Sep;84(2):159-64.
The levels of political knowledge of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized retarded adults were compared with fifth- and eight-grade children and nonretarded CA-matched low SES adults. On all four knowledge indices, the retarded adults' performance closely resembled that of nonretarded fifth-grade children. The retarded subjects performed better on indices that dealt with particular leaders and state and local government information than on the more complex regime and national government indices. Results indicated that in both retarded group subjects had acquired minimal political knowledge, even though none had been exposed to any voter education.
将机构化和非机构化的智障成年人的政治知识水平与五年级和八年级儿童以及与年龄匹配的低社会经济地位的非智障成年人进行了比较。在所有四个知识指标上，智障成年人的表现与非智障五年级儿童的表现非常相似。与更复杂的政权和国家政府指标相比，智障受试者在涉及特定领导人以及州和地方政府信息的指标上表现更好。结果表明，在两个智障群体中，受试者获得的政治知识都很少，尽管没有人接受过任何选民教育。
