Abstract
This chapter discusses the medical–behavioral research in retardation. Because the family's and the community's ability or willingness to deal with retardation decreases just as the probability of biological aberrations increases, it is not surprising that it fell to the physician to make therapeutic recommendations. This chapter discusses some bases for evaluating the medical–behavioral research designs by focusing on the common methodological problems, and thereby to aid the planning and execution of the future studies. The first step is to explore the diversity of the field. Then, some problems of the method are studied as they apply generally and in respect to the research on particular medical classifications. There will be a review of behavioral research. Although focused upon mongolism, this literature provides a model of diversified interest that could well be applied to other medical classifications.
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