In 1939, the “Monster study” consisted of psychologists telling orphans who did not have a speech impediment that they had major speech deficiencies.

The statement is true. In the 1939 “Monster Study,” researchers studied children at an orphanage, including children who spoke normally. Some of those children were told that their speech was deficient or that they might stutter, and the researchers examined the effects of that criticism.

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