Why might linguistic comprehension precede linguistic production?

What will be an ideal response?

A good answer would include the following key points:
• Linguistic comprehension is the understanding of speech.
• Linguistic production is the use of language to communicate.
• An infant understands complex communication prior to being able to communicate at the same level.
• Comprehension outpaces production throughout infancy.

Psychology

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a. make global attributions than specific attributions. b. raise perceptions of control to an extremely high level. c. engage in problem-focused coping than in emotion-focused coping. d. open up to trusted others than to keep things to oneself.

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Which of the following occur(s) when DRO is used in conjunction with a punishment procedure?

a. the absence of the problem behavior is reinforced b. an alternative behavior is reinforced c. the problem behavior increases d. A and B

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