Why would we call this a critcal period versus a senitive period? Although the boy was able to develop a means of communicating, he never developed the ability to use language? What is the evidence for this?
Theoretical Perspectives (Part 1 of 2 for this section; 44 minutes) In this portion of lecture we consider nativist vs. empircist theories and how they relate to language development. We watch a video of The Wild Boy of Averyon, which is one of several special cases where a child was raised “in the wild” – […]