Can infants within the first days after birth recognize their own mother's voice? What evidence supports this conclusion?

What will be an ideal response?

Yes, they can. Infants are given an opportunity to turn on a recording of a woman's voice by sucking harder on a nipple. On average, they suck harder to turn on a recording of their own mother's voice than that of another woman.

Psychology

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By Cohen's guidelines, a difference between means of .5 standard deviations is small.

a. true b. false

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The reason it may be difficult to remember how many rows of stars appear on the United States flag is most likely due to

a. the limits of our visual system. b. sensory adaptation. c. the fact that we pay little attention to such details. d. habituation. e. sensory interference.

Psychology