Describe the long-term findings of the early intervention studies, focusing on the Abecedarian study
What will be an ideal response?
Long-term interventions with at-risk children lead to IQ differences of 12 points at age 5 and dropped to 5 points by age 12, 7 years after the intervention ended.
Children in the intervention group were more successful in progressing through school without delays or problems and had higher reading and math scores than children in the control group.
As adults, intervention group children were more likely to attend college and to avoid crime and delinquency.
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School refusal
a. is always due to separation anxiety disorder. b. may be due to high parental expectations or problems with classmates. c. is best remedied by changing the child's school. d. is an irrational fear.
If a hypothesis test using a sample of n = 16 scores produces a t statistic of t = 2.15, then the correct decision is to reject the null hypothesis for a two-tailed test with ?= .05
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When Richard visualizes his girlfriend's face, the area in his brain that initially becomes most active is the
a. somatosensory area. b. area that specializes in face perception. c. hypothalamus. d. motor cortex.
Erikson believed that you cannot move into the period of generativity until you have
a. a stable marriage. b. reached the age of 50. c. achieved worldly-wise, adult cognitive style. d. faced and accepted your own mortality. e. successfully met the challenges of identity and intimacy.