Examples of critical period in the following topics:
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- The impaired ability to learn language after having been isolated for so many years is often attributed to the existence of a critical period for language learning at an early age, and is taken as evidence in favor of the critical period hypothesis.
- It is theorized that if language is not developed, at least to a degree, during this critical period, a child can never reach his or her full language potential.
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- As they develop, humans pass through critical periods, or windows of time during which they need to experience particular environmental stimuli in order to develop properly.
- But when individuals experience social deprivation, they miss those critical periods.
- Feral children provide an example of the effects of severe social deprivation during critical developmental periods.
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- Criticism of socialism refers to a critique of socialist models of economic organization, efficiency, and feasibility, as well as the political and social implications of such a system.
- Some of these criticisms are not directed toward socialism as a system, but directed toward the socialist movement, socialist political parties, or existing socialist states.
- Some critics consider socialism to be a purely theoretical concept that should be criticized on theoretical grounds; others hold that certain historical examples exist, making it possible to criticize on practical grounds.
- Some critics of socialism argue that income sharing reduces individual incentives to work; incomes should be individualized as much as possible.
- He argued that the road to socialism leads society to totalitarianism, and that fascism and Nazism were the inevitable outcome of socialist trends in Italy and Germany during the preceding period.
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- These tests may be given periodically and repeatedly to measure students' progress and teachers' effectiveness, or they may be given at key points during students' careers to assess whether they are ready to progress to the next stage in their education—often, the next grade level or college.
- However, critics feel that overuse and misuse of these tests harms teaching and learning by narrowing the curriculum.
- Finally, critics have expressed concern that standardized tests may create testing bias.
- However, critics charge that standardized tests have become a mandatory curriculum placed into schools without public debate and without any accountability measures of its own.
- Argue for or against standardized testing based on the key points attributed to proponents and critics in the text
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- For example, some critics suggest that Mexican farm laborers are exposed to pesticides that are banned in many developed nations.
- While population doubled from 1940 to 1970, gross domestic product (GDP), the sum of national production and a common measure of economic growth, increased sixfold during the same period.
- Social stratification, or the grouping of individuals into a hierarchy based on socioeconomic status, is highly present in Mexico and can be traced back to the colonial period.
- During the colonial period, before Mexico's independence, the upper class was composed of those who owned the land and the lower class was made of those who worked the land.
- Similarly, many critics claim that while the NAFTA agreement proved effective in increasing Mexico's economic performance, foreign trade policies have not done enough to promote social advancement and reduce poverty.
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- Around the 1920s, Harlem was associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a period of concentrated artistic and cultural innovation and rising standards of living that might now be considered an era of urban renewal.
- Since that period, the neighborhood experienced urban decay and became a hotbed of crime and poverty.
- Critics of urban sprawl argue that it creates an inhospitable urban environment and that it encroaches on rural land, potentially driving up land prices and displacing farmers or other rural residents.
- Such preferences echo a common strain of criticism of urban life, which tends to focus on urban decay.
- According to these critics, urban decay is caused by the excessive density and crowding of cities, and it drives out residents, creating the conditions for urban sprawl.
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- Proponents of economic globalization argue that the economic benefits are widely shared between different parts of society, discounting critics who point to rising inequality between the rich and poor within nations who have joined the global market.
- In addition to the uneven distribution of benefits that often occurs, critics also point to the ways that resources are diverted from the local population into foreign exports.
- Thus, dependent relations that were formed in the colonial period continue on today in the form of what many scholars call neocolonialism or economic imperialism.
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- For example, some critics suggest that Mexican farm laborers are exposed to pesticides that are banned in many developed nations.
- For example, some critics suggest that Mexican farm laborers are exposed to pesticides that are banned in many developed nations.
- During these forty years, a time period economic historians have dubbed the "Mexican Miracle," the nation experienced dramatic economic growth and capital accumulation.
- Social stratification, or the grouping of individuals into a hierarchy based on socioeconomic status, is highly present in Mexico and can be traced back to the colonial period.
- During the colonial period, before Mexico's independence, the upper class was composed of those who owned land, and the lower class was composed of those who worked the land.
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- Ogburn in his 1922 work "Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature. " According to Ogburn, cultural lag is a common societal phenomenon due to the tendency of material culture to evolve and change rapidly while non-material culture tends to resist change and remain fixed for a far longer period of time.
- His theory of cultural lag suggests that a period of maladjustment occurs when the non-material culture is struggling to adapt to new material conditions.
- Cultural lag is seen as a critical ethical issue because failure to develop broad social consensus on appropriate uses of modern technology may lead to breakdowns in social solidarity and the rise of social conflict .
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- Gender roles refer to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific culture, and which differ widely across cultures and historical periods.
- When children do not conform to the appropriate gender role, they may face negative sanctions such as being criticized or marginalized by their peers.