According to Research on Infants' Recognition of Their Mothers

question 84

Multiple Choice

According to research on infants' recognition of their mothers,

• A) infants can recognize that mothers look different from strangers, beginning at less than 1 week of age.
• B) because infants' vision is so primitive, they cannot visually recognize their mothers until they are about 6 weeks of age.
• C) prior to birth, the walls of the uterus prevent the sound of the mother's voice from reaching the fetus.
• D) infants do not seem to be able to distinguish their mother's voices from those of strangers until they are 4 weeks of age.

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Definitions:

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Grammatical Rules

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Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language influences its speakers' cognition or world view.

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