Romanian Children Raised in Orphanages with Untrained and Overworked Staff

question 205

Multiple Choice

Romanian children raised in orphanages with untrained and overworked staff were found to have ________ than found in children assigned to quality foster care settings.

• A) less egocentrism
• B) lower intelligence scores
• C) more secure attachments
• D) greater infantile amnesia

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Definitions:

Iconic Memory

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.

Retrieval

The process of recalling information stored in memory.

Information-Processing Models

Theoretical models that describe how humans perceive, think, and remember information, analogous to computer processing.

Acronyms

Abbreviations formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as words.