Which of the following statements is most true regarding speech perception research?
A) We seem to be pre-programmed to primarily learn the language of our parents or
culture.
B) It is difficult to study how individuals perceive language and human speech sounds in
infants under one-year-old.
C) Infants that have parents that cannot hear or speak generally show major delays in
human speech perception.
D) Infants under 6 months of age can detect subtle changes in human speech sounds in
languages they are unfamiliar with; this ability gradually declines with age.
D
You might also like to view...
The major goal of punishment is to:
a. increase the chance of a behavior being repeated. b. follow behaviors with positive consequences. c. decrease the chances of a behavior being repeated. d. teach individuals why the behavior was wrong.
Alcoholism is related to each of the following EXCEPT
A) lower impulse constraint. B) alcohol use by peers. C) lower negative emotionality. D) genetics.