Critics of the Critical-Period Hypothesis of Language Acquisition Believe That

question 59

Multiple Choice

Critics of the critical-period hypothesis of language acquisition believe that rare cases,such as Genie,are not good evidence for the biological nature of language learning because

• A) Genie was deaf.
• B) Genie may have suffered serious cognitive,physiological,and psychological deficits due to the lack of human contact she encountered in her life.
• C) Genie was exposed to a number of teratogens prenatally.
• D) Genie willingly isolated herself from human contact and may not have performed well on language learning tasks due to her discomfort with human interaction.

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