In a Study by DeCasper and Spence, Pregnant Women Read

question 175

Multiple Choice

In a study by DeCasper and Spence, pregnant women read The Cat in the Hat to their developing fetuses twice a day during the final 6.5 weeks of pregnancy. What was the finding of this study?

• A) The fetuses showed decreased heart rates during the reading, indicating a recognition of external stimuli.
• B) The infants retained a preference for the story they had heard prenatally over a new story, indicating that familiarity from the prenatal environment can be retained.
• C) The fetuses habituated to the story, and showed no reaction to continued readings after the third week.
• D) The infants did not show familiarity to the story after birth, indicating habituation had taken place.

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