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Describe Three Pieces of Evidence Supporting the Notion of a Sensitive

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Describe three pieces of evidence supporting the notion of a sensitive period for language acquisition. What implications does this evidence have for exposing congenitally deaf children to a sign language?


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Transference

A phenomenon in psychoanalysis where patients project feelings about figures from their past onto their therapist.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic technique and theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts, and the importance of childhood experiences.

Transference

In psychotherapy, it's the phenomenon where clients project feelings and attitudes from a past relationship onto the therapist.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud.

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