Until about one year of age, infants respond similarly to the basic sounds used in all languages. After that, they can detect subtle differences in language sounds only in their native language. Which of the following theories best supports this phenomenon?
A) canalization
B) experiential canalization
C) genetic determinism
D) probabilistic epigenesis
B) experiential canalization The concept of experiential canalization is that genetics provides a wide range of development outcomes, and the environment plays the limiting role.
Psychology
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A) anticholinergic B) adrenal C) antigenic D) adaptive
Psychology
According to Sampson (1988), in _____, the boundary between self and others is less sharply drawn when compared with self-contained individualism
a) interdependent self b) abstract individualism c) independent self d) ensembled individualism
Psychology