Researchers Have Found That Reading to Infants and Toddlers Leads

question 79

Multiple Choice

Researchers have found that reading to infants and toddlers leads to gains in language development, as well as enhanced school readiness skills. The relationship between reading to infants and toddlers and favorable developmental outcomes is ______.

• A) correlational
• B) causal
• C) experimental
• D) observational

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