Consider a Theorist Who Used the Environmental Factor and Explain

question 40

Essay

Consider a theorist who used the environmental factor and explain how this person's theory could affect a person in (A)childhood, (B)adolescence,and (C)adulthood.

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Definitions:

Chronological Age

The actual age of a person measured in years from their date of birth.

Mental Age

A measure of an individual's cognitive ability expressed as the age at which an average individual reaches the same ability level.

Critical Age

A specific period in development during which an individual is particularly receptive to acquiring certain skills, such as language, often hypothesized to end at puberty.

Intellectual Age

A measure of a child's mental abilities expressed in terms of the average abilities of children at a certain chronological age.