Stress Over Poverty Can Lower IQ, Study Suggests PDF

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Stress Over Poverty Can Lower IQ, Study Suggests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdJJ6Ik1tN8 watch entire video: 00:00 – 2:14

1. According to “The Washington Post,” how has the believe about poverty recently changed? Instead of blaming the efforts of the individual think about the situation. 2. Research conducted by Harvard and the University of British Columbia suggested that cognitive strain may be a consequence rather than cause of poverty. Explain how this controversial study was carried out, and what results it obtained. They gave multiple IQ tests and included a question about finances. The people from lower class families that had to think about their financial situation in order to answer did worse on the test. 3. Describe the study with the Indian sugar cane farmers. What does the video say the results show? They gave IQ tests to them at different times during their farming, when they had harvested and had more money to spend, they performed better on their cognitive tests. 4. According to the video, how great a reduction in IQ is experienced due to the mental strain of financial struggle? Under what other condition does this reduction occur? What reason do researchers give for this IQ drop? What do they compare the mind to? About a 13 point drop in IQ, about the same for someone who goes a night without sleep, spending time worrying about paying for bills or food can leave less mental capacity for their tasks, and it's like a computer with too many programs running. 5. Rather than cause poverty, what four behaviors/qualities commonly linked to the poor does the Los Angeles Times argue could be the results of poverty? Using less preventive healthcare, having higher obesity rates, being less attentive parents, making poor financial decisions....