Regarding the effects of socioeconomic status (SES), which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. One way to look at environmental effects is to compare children adopted by parents of high or low SES.
b. Children who grow up in high SES homes develop higher IQs than those reared by lower SES parents.
c. The higher SES homes provide an enriched environment, with better nutrition, greater educational opportunities, and other advantages.
d. The IQs of high SES children are more dramatically influenced by environmental factors than the IQs of low SES children.
D
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a. A kindergartener with Down syndrome with whom he share no interests b. A fifth-grader with Asperger's with whom Luke loves to play Star Wars c. A third-grader who is intellectually advanced and prefers to interact with teens d. A teenaged babysitter that Luke loves to play board games with
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a. kinesthetic b. cranial c. olfactory d. optic
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A) a blossoming flower, and it regards development as a maturational process. B) developing within a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment. C) a social being influenced primarily by observational learning or adult modeling. D) a computer-like system that actively codes, transforms, and organizes information.