In the Skeels study, children with an intellectual disability were moved from an orphanage to a setting in which they could receive more personal attention. Their IQs, on average,
a. decreased 26 points due to the trauma of the move.
b. showed no change even with the extra attention and stimulation.
c. increased 29 points with the extra attention and stimulation.
d. increased slightly, but decreased after being adopted.
C
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a. encoding c. chunking b. maintenance d. interference
_____________ psychologists study both positive and negative impacts that humans' behavior and decisions have on their health, survival, and well-being
A) Physiological B) Developmental C) Health D) Medicinal
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