Jimmy's crossed eyes were not diagnosed and treated until he was an adolescent.Based on your knowledge of critical periods,what do you think would be the result of the crossed eyes on his adult vision?
A) The crossed eyes will have no effect on his adult vision.
B) The crossed eyes are likely to result in poorer adult vision because they were not corrected until after the critical period.
C) The crossed eyes are unlikely to result in poorer adult vision because they were corrected within the critical period.
D) He will be blind because the correction occurred after the critical period.

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The critical period for correcting crossed eyes (strabismus) is typically before the age of 9. If Jimmy's crossed eyes were not diagnosed and treated until adolescence, it is likely that the visual system had already adjusted to the misalignment and could not be corrected completely. Therefore, it is probable that he would have poorer adult vision as a result of the delay in treatment.

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