When He Was in the Fifth Grade, Jorge's Middle-SES Parents

question 173

Multiple Choice

When he was in the fifth grade, Jorge's middle-SES parents died in a tragic accident. Jorge was adopted into a lower-SES environment by an aunt. Kalendria, on the other hand, was born into a lower-SES environment but was adopted into a middle-SES milieu as a ten-year-old when her mother began an extended prison sentence. Lloyd, finally, was born into a middle-SES family, then adopted into a different middle-SES family at the age of 10. The vocabularies of all three children are assessed when they are 14. Which expression below provides the best estimate of their relative scores on the vocabulary test, all else being equal?

• A) Lloyd > Jorge = Kalendria
• B) Lloyd = Jorge = Kalendria
• C) Lloyd > Jorge = Kalendria.
• D) Lloyd = Jorge > Kalendria.

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Definitions:

Direct Cause

An immediate factor or event that directly leads to an outcome or effect.

Respondeat Superior

A legal doctrine holding that an employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment.

Subpoena Duces Tecum

Latin; a legal document that requires the recipient to bring certain written records to court to be used as evidence in a lawsuit.

Malfeasance

The performance of an act that is unlawful or wrongful by a public official or other person in power.