Which of the Following Is True of Infants' Ability to Differentiate

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of infants' ability to differentiate sounds?

• A) Infants are born with the ability to ignore small, meaningless variations in the sounds of their native language.
• B) Infants can discriminate the sounds of their parent's voices by 3½ months of age.
• C) By the age of one week, infants perceive differences between speech sounds that are highly similar.
• D) By the age of one month, infants reliably discriminate three-syllable words.

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Definitions:

Sensory Information

Data that is received through the senses, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, which is then processed by the nervous system.

Subliminal Messages

Hidden or disguised messages that are not consciously perceived but may influence an individual's thoughts, behaviors, or actions.

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus at which it can be detected by an observer 50% of the time.

Laboratory Settings

Environments designed for scientific research, experiments, or measurements, often controlled to eliminate variables that could affect the results.