Research on hearing shows that
A) newborns prefer listening to Mozart minuets with awkward breaks to those with pauses between phrases.
B) newborns prefer pure tones to complex sounds, such as noises and voices.
C) the ability to identify the location of a sound is at adult levels by 1 month of age.
D) newborns' ability to perceive sounds not found in their own language is more precise than an adult's.
D
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Which of the following statements regarding child-directed speech is TRUE?
A) Deaf mothers use child-directed speech by signing slowly, using repetition of signs, and exaggerating their gestures. B) Child-directed speech appears to be strictly an American and European cultural phenomenon. C) Although child-directed speech may improve social relations, it has no effect on children's ability to distinguish sounds. D) Infants pay more attention to normal adult speech than to child-directed speech because adult speech is more novel to them.
A correlational study typically uses only one group of participants but measures two different variables (two scores) for each individual
Indicate whether the statement is true or false