Biology Forums - Study Force

In the study of very-low-birth-weight infants born into homes of low socioeconomic status, which of the following aspects of the mothers' behaviors did not predict their children's level of intellectual development at 12 months of age?
 
  a. Mothers who tried to maintain their children's interest in some ongoing activity had children with higher cognitive and language scores than did less-engaging mothers.
  b. Mothers who attempted to stop what their children were doing or saying had children with lower cognitive scores.
  c. Mothers who attempted to stop what their children were doing or saying had children with lower language scores.
  d. Mothers who were restrictive has children with higher cognitive and language scores.

Question 2

In the study of children from Romanian orphanages, children who were placed in foster care between 6 and 24 months of age had IQs
 
  a. significantly higher than children who were placed in foster care after age 2.
  b. similar to those of children in the institutionalized group.
  c. significantly higher than children who had never been institutionalized.
  d. similar to those who had never been institutionalized.

Question 3

Which of the following is likely to be true of children who live in overcrowded, understaffed institutions and who receive little individual attention?
 
  a. They have slightly lower IQs than those of other children their age.
  b. They have about the same IQs of other children their age.
  c. They have higher IQs than other children of the same age.
  d. Their IQs are often within the intellectually disabled range.

Question 4

Children living in overcrowded, understaffed institutions show significant cognitive impairment, especially if they are not removed and placed in more supportive environments before the age of
 
  a. 1 year. c. 4 years.
  b. 2 years. d. 6 years.

Answer to q. 1

D

Answer to q. 2

A

Answer to q. 3

D

Answer to q. 4

B