Children with Williams Syndrome Display

question 12

Multiple Choice

Children with Williams syndrome display:

• A) normal cognitive development but delayed syntactic skills
• B) delayed cognitive development but normal syntactic skills
• C) delayed cognitive development and delayed syntactic skills
• D) normal cognitive development and poor semantic skills

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Definitions:

Selective Attention

The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus while ignoring others, demonstrating our limited capacity to process information.

Sensory Input

The information received by the senses prior to being processed and interpreted by the brain.

Selective Attention

The process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period, while simultaneously ignoring irrelevant information.

Feels Little Pain

A condition or state in which an individual has a significantly reduced sensitivity to pain, which can be due to genetic factors, neurological conditions, or other reasons.