Hart and Risley Did a Longitudinal Study of the Influence

question 53

Multiple Choice

Hart and Risley did a longitudinal study of the influence of the home verbal environment on children from different socioeconomic backgrounds. They found that _______.

• A) children whose parents talked to them a lot later scored lower on IQ tests
• B) children whose parents talked to them a lot later scored higher on IQ tests
• C) the amount of parental talk was unrelated to later IQ scores
• D) the influence of parental language depended on parental income.

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