When he was in the fifth grade,Julien's middle-SES parents died in a tragic accident.Julien was adopted into a lower-SES environment by an aunt.Eve,on the other hand,was born into a lower-SES environment but was adopted into a middle-SES milieu as a ten-year-old when her mother began an extended prison sentence.Lloyd was born into a middle-SES family,and then adopted into a different middle-SES family at the age of 10.The vocabularies of all three children are assessed when they are 14.Which expression below provides the best estimate of their relative scores on the vocabulary test,all else being equal?
A) Lloyd JulienEve
B) Lloyd = Julien = Eve
C) Lloyd Julien = Eve
D) Lloyd = JulienEve

Question

When he was in the fifth grade,Julien's middle-SES parents died in a tragic accident.Julien was adopted into a lower-SES environment by an aunt.Eve,on the other hand,was born into a lower-SES environment but was adopted into a middle-SES milieu as a ten-year-old when her mother began an extended prison sentence.Lloyd was born into a middle-SES family,and then adopted into a different middle-SES family at the age of 10.The vocabularies of all three children are assessed when they are 14.Which expression below provides the best estimate of their relative scores on the vocabulary test,all else being equal?
A) Lloyd > Julien>Eve
B) Lloyd = Julien = Eve
C) Lloyd > Julien = Eve
D) Lloyd = Julien>Eve

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Socioeconomic status (SES) has a significant impact on vocabulary development, with higher SES environments typically providing more opportunities for language development. Lloyd, remaining in a middle-SES environment, and Julien, moving from a middle to a lower-SES environment, would likely have had more opportunities for vocabulary development than Eve, who moved from a lower to a middle-SES environment later in childhood. However, Julien's early years in a middle-SES environment would give him a slight advantage over Eve, who spent her early years in a lower-SES environment, despite both being in middle-SES environments later.

When He Was in the Fifth Grade,Julien's Middle-SES Parents Died