Which of the following is evidence for a critical period for language acquisition?
a. Children denied access to language often have difficulty mastering language skills in later life.
b. Deaf children who never hear language can learn to speak.
c. Adults are more likely to acquire multiple languages than are children.
d. Children do not acquire large vocabularies until they learn to read.
a
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The dimensional model of classification is qualitative, implying that
A. it is not possible to place disorders along a continuum of functioning. B. different observed disorders are quantitatively distinct from each other. C. disorders that are observed are simply extreme variations of normal behavior. D. no real differences exist among diagnostic subtypes.
According to behaviorism, we have no free will or choice in our environment because we are programmed by our environment
a. True b. False