The Newborn's Perceptual Skills Are

question 81

Multiple Choice

The newborn's perceptual skills are

• A) well-adapted for the interactions s/he will have with people in his world.
• B) a great deal less developed than most parents believe.
• C) not developed enough to discriminate between the mother and other people.
• D) limited to feeling (touch), seeing, tasting, and smelling.
• E) far more accurate than a preschooler's.

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