Several Cases of Children Growing Up in Extreme Social Isolation

question 25

Multiple Choice

Several cases of children growing up in extreme social isolation, documented by Kingsley Davis, suggest that:

• A) most mental capacities, and perhaps even the ability to think, are learned through social interaction.
• B) human intelligence is almost entirely determined by heredity.
• C) the effects of isolation at an early age are easily reversible if caught in time.
• D) the effects of extreme isolation in children are irreversible if the situation isn't corrected by the time the child is five years old.
• E) Mead's view of the development of the self is flawed.

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