An IQ test was given to all children in an orphanage. Thr results show that the longer children had lived in?

Question

the orphanage, the lower their IQ scores were. Does anyone have any explanations? It cant be school related

Answer 1

Children who live in an orphanage are less likely to have received the type of cognitive stimulation they would receive if they were living with a family. Particularly missing would be the one-to-one attention that most children receive from their parents. This would include being read to, engaging in stimulating play, being talked to, etc. In a sense, the children are in a deprivation environment, as this type of stimulation is very important to the developing brain. The longer they are in the deprivation situation, they more they fall behind in terms of cognitive development. Thus, they achieve lower IQ scores.

Answer 2

Perhaps it is because they have had less emotional development than children who live in healthy home enviroments. I imagine that many of these children have very low self esteems and lack "loving " backgrounds. They do not have the stability of a family enviroment and often live in sterile enviroments that are only equipped to meet there physical needs. This certainly has to affect their IQ's.

Answer 3

I believe that the children who were in the orphanage less time had higher IQs because they had spent more time with their parents. ( It is an idea, and only an idea.)

Answer 4

maybe there self-confidence is slowly lowered and that might affect their learning habits which will affect their school performance.