Research on the Ability of Infants to Understand Words Indicates

question 102

Multiple Choice

Research on the ability of infants to understand words indicates that infants

• A) understand words only after they can produce them.
• B) do not understand words until around 13 months of age.
• C) understand words well before they can produce them.
• D) start to understand words well before 3 months of age.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon observed in operant conditioning where a change in the reinforcement conditions for one behavior alters the rate of another behavior.

Excitatory Generalization Gradients

Graphs showing the level of generalization from an excitatory conditioned stimulus (CS1) to other stimuli.

Conditioning Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Learning Stimulus

Any stimulus that influences or changes learning behavior; often involved in associative learning processes where it becomes linked with a specific response or behavior.