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Modern science has determined that children raised in extreme neglect have significant deficits in ordinary human behavior as well as brains that are
 
  a. normal but incapable of catching up to their age peers.
  b. normal and capable of catching up to their age peers.
  c. smaller than normal with signs of atrophy.
  d. larger than normal with additional development in the instinctive centers.

Question 2

Stories abound of children who were raised by animals, but these accounts should be
 
  a. understood in the context of history.
  b. treated with skepticism.
  c. considered isolated incidents with no bearing on socialization.
  d. a touchstone in the study of socialization and humanity.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c. smaller than normal with signs of atrophy.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b. treated with skepticism.



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