Barry walks up to his nine-month-old son and says (very slowly and with major fluctuations in his voice's pitch and loudness), "Ohhhhhhhhh, are you Daddy's little baaaaaaaby?" Barry is illustrating

a. scaffolding

b. telegraphic speech.
c. overextension.
d. infant-directed speech.

d

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According to the chapter The Nose Knowsabout the scent of symmetry, An evolved, functional

characteristic that contributes to reproduction is an: (a) trait (b) adaptation (c) characteristic (d) gene

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