The Case of Genie and Her Failure to Acquire Meaningful

question 118

Multiple Choice

The case of Genie and her failure to acquire meaningful language ability best supports

• A)the nativist approach.
• B)the limitations of bilingualism.
• C)metalinguistic deficiency.
• D)the critical period theory.

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Definitions:

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, represented by the difference between the 25th and 75th percentiles of a dataset.

Median

The middle value in a dataset when it is arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values if the dataset has an even number of observations.

Extreme Values

Extreme values refer to observations that are significantly higher or lower than the majority of the data in a data set, often leading to skewed analysis results.

Second Quartile

The median of a dataset, representing the 50th percentile or the middle value when the data is ordered.