The Cumulative-Deficit Hypothesis Is Often Used to Explain

question 116

Multiple Choice

The cumulative-deficit hypothesis is often used to explain

• A)how deficits in school funding create ineffective schools.
• B)how people with lower IQs have more children,thus lowering the average IQ in a society.
• C)how the cumulative effects of a superior education create a feeling of never being satisfied.
• D)how the negative effects of an impoverished environment "snowball" over time to create lowered IQ scores.

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