In the Skeels Study, Children with an Intellectual Disability Were

question 124

Multiple Choice

In the Skeels study, children with an intellectual disability were moved from an orphanage to a setting in which they could receive more personal attention.Their IQs, on average,

• A)decreased 26 points due to the trauma of the move.
• B)showed no change even with the extra attention.
• C)increased 29 points with the extra attention.
• D)increased slightly, but decreased after being adopted.

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