Which Statement Is an Example of a Critical Period of Development

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Multiple Choice

Which statement is an example of a critical period of development

• A) A child born with cataracts does not learn to see normally if the cataracts are removed after the age of 2. 
• B) A child who is malnourished during infancy develops more slowly than a child who is well nourished. 
• C) A young child learns a second language more quickly than her older siblings or her parents. 
• D) A child born with fetal alcohol syndrome has an intellectual deficit.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

Degrees of Freedom refer to the number of values in a calculation that are free to vary while still estimating certain statistical properties.

Between-Treatments

Pertains to the variations between group means in an experiment and is key to determining whether treatment effects exist.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution.

Between-Treatments

The variation in data that is attributed to the differences in conditions or treatments applied in an experiment.