Nutrition, Cognitive Status and Achievement Motivation of New Delhi Nursery School Children.

Werner, Emmy E.; Muralidharan, Rajalakshmi

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Publication Date: 1970

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Nutrition, Cognitive Status and Achievement Motivation of New Delhi Nursery School Children

Werner, Emmy E.; Muralidharan, Rajalakshmi

J Cross Cult Psychol, 1, 3, 271-281, Sep '70

Significant differences in IQ and measures of motor development were found between twenty-four inadequately and sixteen adequately nourished New Delhi preschool children from lower middle class homes. Former showed greater variability than the latter, and girls in the former category had lower mean scores than boys in the latter. (RJ)

Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Intelligence Differences, Language Acquisition, Learning Motivation, Lower Middle Class, Motor Development, Nutrition, Preschool Children

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