Question

Which statement best describes the relationship between deprivation duration and its impact on intellectual development?

Options

• Short-term and long-term deprivation have equal effects.

• Short-term deprivation causes permanent damage.

• Long-term deprivation causes more permanent and severe damage than short-term deprivation.

• Deprivation has no lasting effect on intelligence.

Answer 1

Long-term deprivation causes more permanent and severe damage than short-term deprivation.

Explanation:

The longer children experience social deprivation, the more permanent and significant the damage to their intellectual development becomes.