Which of the Following Statements Is Supported by Research on Categorical

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is supported by research on categorical speech perception?

• A) A preference for the overall sound pattern of one's native language to that of a different language emerges during the second half of the first year.
• B) Young infants are sensitive to a much wider range of speech categories than exists in their own language.
• C) At birth, infants organize speech into the phonemic categories of their own language.
• D) The emergence of categorical speech perception in the first few days after birth is largely due to adult interaction.

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Definitions:

Autonomic Nervous System

The component of the nervous system responsible for controlling automatic bodily processes, such as the regulation of heart rate, digestion, and breathing rate.

Sympathetic Division

A component of the autonomic nervous system responsible for initiating the response commonly known as fight or flight.

Emergency

A situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment, requiring urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation.

Peripheral Nervous

refers to the part of the nervous system that lies outside the central nervous system, comprising nerves and ganglia, responsible for relaying information to and from the body and brain.