Genie is unable to learn language in her teens after being isolated without language until that time.Genie's difficulty is evidence for a ____.
A) critical period in language acquisition
B) language acquisition device
C) social convention
D) speech spectrograph

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Genie's inability to learn language in her teens after being isolated without language until that time provides evidence for the critical period hypothesis, which suggests that there is a specific period during which language acquisition must occur for it to develop fully. This period appears to be early in life, and if language exposure is delayed beyond this period, it becomes very difficult or impossible to acquire language. The other options (B, C, D) are not applicable to this scenario.

Genie Is Unable to Learn Language in Her Teens After