The Difference Between a Critical Period and a Sensitive Period

question 75

Multiple Choice

The difference between a critical period and a sensitive period is that with a critical period ___; with a sensitive period ___.

• A) the brain is at a stage where it is the most malleable; the brain is less malleable but with the right environmental stimulation it can be more malleable
• B) the environmental stimulation must occur at a specific time window or else the ability never develops; it is possible to acquire the ability outside of the time window with lots of work
• C) the time window for a specific environmental stimulation to occur is very flexible; the time window for a specific environmental stimulation is extremely rigid, and without it, the ability won't develop
• D) we see abrupt changes in the ability with environmental stimulation; the changes we see are much less abrupt

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