Why Do Young Children Appear to Acquire Language More Easily

Multiple Choice

Why do young children appear to acquire language more easily than adults?

A) There is a sensitive period during childhood during which children's brains are primed to develop language.
B) Adults are more distracted than children, who can devote more cognitive processing to learning a new language.
C) Children are exposed to a greater variety of vocabulary words than adults typically are.
D) This is a common myth; children do not have an easier time learning language than adults do.