The discovery of Genie and other “wild children” prompted extensive research on language acquisition. The findings seemed to conclude that
a. there is not a language acquisition device
b. there is a critical period for learning language
c. these children could not think until they learned to speak
d. abuse causes children to lose their ability to speak
Ans: b
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