What Does Evidence Regarding Language Learning in Isolated Children Show

question 23

Multiple Choice

What does evidence regarding language learning in isolated children show?

• A) There is a critical period for language acquisition.
• B) After about 15 years of isolation, language basics can be acquired, but language elaborations cannot.
• C) After 6 years or so of isolation, language can be acquired normally.
• D) All of the above answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Intentional Behavior

Actions that are performed with awareness and purpose towards achieving a specific goal.

Illusory Correlation

The tendency to overestimate the link between variables that are related only slightly or not at all.

Hot Hand Player

The belief or phenomenon where a person is perceived to be more likely to succeed in a task (e.g., scoring in sports) because of previous consecutive successes, despite statistical evidence often suggesting randomness.

Coin Flip

A method of making a binary decision or selecting randomly between two options using the outcome of a tossed coin.