Kathleen Kleissler asked:
> A number of years ago I remember using a study on deprivation
> dwarfism to illustrate the interaction of developmental domains. (I
> use Berger's Child book, and I think it might have been cited in
> the instructor's materials.) Anyway, I just cannot find this reference,
> and I wanted to use it again in my Child Psy. class. (It had to do
> with a headmistress at an orphanage being very mean. Even with
> supplemental nutrition, the children -- except for her pets -- still
> failed to thrive.)
I think this refers to Elsie Widdowson's (1951) study of German
orphanages. A good source for this is:
Gardner, L. (1972) Deprivation dwarfism. Scientific American (July)
-Stephen
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