Studies of black children adopted into white, highly educated, upper-middle class families show that
A) the "Flynn effect" is incorrect.
B) a genetic drift is occurring.
C) an enriched environment can produce significant gains in IQ scores.
D) environment must not be relevant, because the parents and the children share environments.

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Studies have shown that an enriched environment can produce significant gains in IQ scores for children who are adopted into highly educated, upper-middle class families, irrespective of their genetic background. This supports the idea that environment plays a role in cognitive development and that interventions to improve the environment can improve cognitive outcomes.

Studies of Black Children Adopted into White, Highly Educated, Upper-Middle