Research conducted by Louisa Cook Moats demonstrated that some children grow up in an environment with impoverished language. In this environment, children use half the amount of words than their peers who have not shared this experience. Moats refers to this as which of the following?
A. verbal deficiency
B. juvenile illiteracy
C. cognitive deficit
D. word poverty
Answer: D
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