Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 8

Children are able to acquire a language with so little formal training because of genetically programmed physiological and neurological features in the brain and vocal apparatus; these features are called (a) _____ factors. One innate factor is the period of time from infancy to adolescence when language is easier to learn, called the (b) _____. Children acquire the sounds and rules of a particular language because of their interactions with their surroundings; these interactions are called (c) _____ factors.