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ERIC Number: EJ267389
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1982-Mar
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The Critical Period Concept: Research, Methodology, and Theoretical Issues.
Colombo, John
Psychological Bulletin, v91 n2 p260-75 Mar 1982
Considers evidence on the criteria and characteristics of critical period phenomena with respect to endogenous and exogenous influences. Describes and evaluates methodology of critical period research and discusses past attempts at subclassification of the field and "recovery of function" as a refutation of the critical period hypothesis. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Animals, Biological Influences, Biology, Child Development, Definitions, Developmental Stages, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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