Echolalia Is a Speech Pattern in Which People ________

question 138

Multiple Choice

Echolalia is a speech pattern in which people ________.

• A) stutter repeatedly when they get nervous or anxious
• B) hear every sound multiple times as if each sound were accompanied by a repetitive echo
• C) repeat words that are said to them
• D) imitate the physical gestures of other people around them

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

The process by which biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of the effect of inherited traits on the differential reproductive success of organisms interacting with their environment.

Group Living

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Visual Communication

The conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be seen, such as signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, color, and electronic resources.

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