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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWINS THAT ARE RAISED SIDE BY SIDE AND DELAYS IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT WHEN COMPARED

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  RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWINS THAT ARE RAISED SIDE BY SIDE AND DELAYS IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT WHEN COMPARED TO NON-TWINS OF THE SAME AGE.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Milwaukee Area Technical College
  Introduction to Psychology 231-803I
  
  December, 2003
  
  There is a general assumption that twins, who are raised together, develop the use of adult language slower than their non-twin peers. Depending on which piece of literature you read will give you the answer to this assumption. Older twin studies will say yes, it is true. More recent studies do not give a clear-cut answer. They factor in many more causes than the older studies such as gestational age because twins tend to be born at an earlier age.
  
  INTRODUCTION
  For years it has been believed that twins have language delays. Day (1932) suggests that twins are slow in language development and have a lower I.Q. than singletons...