Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE About Infant Communication

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE about infant communication?

• A)Babies need to hear speech from birth or they will not begin to babble at the appropriate age.
• B)Although all babies eventually develop all forms of speech, babies from different racial and cultural backgrounds develop these forms of speech in different sequences.
• C)By the end of the first year, a baby's expressive language is better than its receptive language.
• D)Babies prefer adult speech to baby talk.

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Embryonic Development

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