1Ph. D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi
2M.A. (Psychology), Department of Psychology, Vasanta College for Women, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi
Online published on 16 March, 2019.
The aim of the present study was to assess the Intelligence level of Orphan and Non-Orphan children and study the genetic and environmental influences on IQ of children. Children with the age-group of 10–15 years were selected for this study. For the purpose of assessing Intelligence Quotient, Pass Along Test (performance test) developed by W.P. Alexander (1937) was used. Random sampling technique was applied. Data was collected from two groups. Group 1 consisted of 30 orphan children (both sexes) and group 2 consisted of 30 non-orphan children. T-test was applied, which revealed that a non-significant difference is found between the IQ level of both samples and that the institutionalized children do not have low IQ level then the children living with their families, which was not observed in many other researches done in this field. The entire hypothesis is disapproved and the aim of the study is achieved.
Orphan, intelligence quotient, children, nurture
