DP4: sac 1

Question 1

what is maturation?

Answer 1

how mature or how ready the central nervous system is to develop

Question 2

what is a sensitive period?

Answer 2

when an organism is most able to gain a particular skill or characteristic

Question 3

what is a critical period

Answer 3

• when organism is most open to acquiring a specific cognitive skill

Question 4

what are the sensitive period factors? + example

Answer 4

• starts and ends gradually.
• time and place
• during max brain growth.
• harder to learn after period
  eg: language development

Question 5

what are the critical period factors? + example

Answer 5

• starts and ends abruptly
• shorter time frame
• compulsary for development
• impossible to learn skill after period
• Eg: visual capabilities