Research on African-American children adopted into economically well-off white homes during the first year of life suggests that

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Research indicates that the environment, including factors associated with socioeconomic status (SES), plays a significant role in the development of intelligence. The statement that poverty severely depresses the intelligence of ethnic minority children (B) aligns with findings that children from low-SES backgrounds, when adopted into higher-SES homes, often show improvements in IQ scores. This suggests that environmental factors, rather than purely genetic ones, have a substantial impact on the development of intelligence.

Research on African-American Children Adopted into Economically Well-Off White Homes