According to the Cumulative-Deficit Hypothesis, How Do Impoverished Environments Affect

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to the cumulative-deficit hypothesis, how do impoverished environments affect intellectual growth?

• A)They inhibit intellectual growth, but the effects do not accumulate over time.
• B)They neither inhibit nor foster intellectual growth.
• C)They inhibit intellectual growth, and these inhibiting effects accumulate over time.
• D)They foster intellectual growth because of the many challenges presented by those situations.

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