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Idiot as a word derived from the Greek, idiōtēs ("person lacking professional skill”), An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way.
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In 19th and early 20th century medicine and psychology, an "idiot" was a person with a very severe mental retardation. In the early 1900s, Dr. Henry H. Goddard proposed a classification system for mental retardation based on the Binet-Simon concept of mental age.
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The term "idiot" was used to refer to people having an IQ below 30.
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In current medical classification, these people are now said to have "profound mental retardation."
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IDIOT
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"Moron" was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard[3] from the Ancient Greek word (moros), which meant "dull"
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1. The I.Q of an idiot is higher than the I.Q of a moron. True/False? TRUE 2. The I.Q of an idiot is above 50. True/False? FALSE
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3. Which mental retardation is the worst? A- Imbecile B- Moron C- Fool D- Idiot
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