The Importance of Environmental Factors in the Development of Intelligence

question 34

Multiple Choice

The importance of environmental factors in the development of intelligence is illustrated by all of the following EXCEPT __________.

• A) the intelligence scores of adopted children are correlated with the intelligence scores of their adoptive mothers
• B) the greater the separation in age between brothers, the less correlated are their IQ scores
• C) the longer children are in impoverished environments, the lower their intelligence scores are likely to be
• D) the IQ scores of adopted children increasingly converge with those of their biological mothers as they approach adolescence

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Definitions:

Childhood Development

The physiological, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in humans between birth and the end of adolescence.

Reaction Speed

The time it takes for an individual to respond to a stimulus or external event.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experimental setup that is expected to change in response to manipulations in the independent variable.

Pill Dosage

The prescribed amount of medication to be taken at one time or at specified intervals.