The text describes Romanian orphanages in the early 1990s in which all of the infants had been seriously deprived of nutrition, love, attention, and cognitive stimulation. What was found regarding cognitive development for the children who were adopted when they were older than 6 months of age?1) They recovered extremely quickly.2) They recovered very slowly, but by the time they were 18 were similar to others their age.3) They were initially impaired but recovered by the time they were 2 years old.4) They had a rate of cognitive impairment several times higher than the children adopted at less than 6 months of age.

4) They had a rate of cognitive impairment several times higher than the children adopted at less than 6 months of age.

Explanation:

This experiment shows how important the first months of development are in childhood. The effects of deprived nutrion, afection, and cognitve stimulation can cause serious damages. When adopting, all these conditions can improve, so the earlier a child is adopted, the best it would do to their development.

Cognitive development depends very much on emotional facts as well as on nutrional facts. A child needs the most optimal conditions to fully developed, and the earlier that is corrected, the ealier it can improve.