Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Intellectual Disability, Synaptic Pruning, Neural Development
15 Jul 2015
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Introduction: skeels & dye, (1938): initially: 2 infant girls (15 & 18 months)=mentally retarded - > 6 months later: active. & well-functioning b/c of caring attention, one-on-one interaction, diverse experiences: (1939): accessing children in orphanages. > experimental: n=13; house guests in wards of mental institutions. > experimental: lower average iq vs contrast. > due to reluctance of orphanage officials to allow higher functioning children to be removed from orphanage & placed in long-term residence. > end: experimental (adopted)- gained 27 points vs contrast (not adopted)- fallen by 26 points: 30 years later- see if children had same development problems that parents had. > measures: educational attainment, occupation, income, marital status, residential type, socio- economic scores, spouse occupation & education, number of dependents (children residing w/ parent) Experimental: finished high school & some completed college; employment=higher, higher incomes; all but 2 married - > 38 developing children. > warm, responsive relationships & enriched environments.
