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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Definitions:

Pleura

A double-layered membrane surrounding each lung and lining the chest cavity, facilitating lung movement.

Sputum

Mucus and other matter coughed up from the respiratory tract, typically examined to diagnose illness.

Rhonchus

A coarse rattling sound somewhat like snoring, usually caused by secretion in bronchial airways.

Bronchoscopy

A procedure that allows doctors to view the lungs and air passages by inserting a bronchoscope through the nose or mouth.