The few studies that have examined the association between HOME scores and children's IQ scores in adoptive families have indicated that the associations for children who are adopted are the associations found with children living with their biological parents. a. greater than
b. lower than
c. exactly the same as
d. almost the same as

The correct answer is option b. "lower than".

Explanation:

The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) score measure the factors that affect children's development at home. The few studies that associate HOME scores with children's IQ scores have found that the associations for children who are adopted are lower than the associations found with children living with their biological parents. This suggest that children that had being with their parents since they birth, depend more on HOME scores to develop scores of intelligence.