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michelleunicorn · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The critical period hypothesis states that:

A. there is a critical length of time that is required for language to develop in children.
B. there is a critical age range during which children are able to develop language.
C. it is critical that adults provide input to children in order for them to develop language.
D. children must be at least as old as the critical age before they can develop language.

Question 2

Attempts to teach Chimpanzees human language have found:

A. that they learn language in very similar ways to human children.
B. that their vocal tracts prevent them from learning a spoken language but they can easily acquire a sign language.
C. that they have been unable to learn the grammar of a human language.
D. that they simply refuse to communicate with humans.