Which of the Following Statements About Supporting Early Language Development

question 85

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about supporting early language development is true?

• A) Infants prefer adult talk to infant-directed speech (IDS).
• B) Deaf parents use a similar style of communication to IDS when signing to their deaf babies.
• C) By age 5 months, babies are more emotionally responsive to adult talk than to IDS.
• D) Parents' use of IDS results in the child's extended use of "baby" talk.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Primacy of Affect

The principle that emotional responses can occur before detailed cognitive processing of stimuli, influencing perception and judgment.

Emotion Requires Cognition

The theory that cognitive processing of information is necessary before an emotional response can be triggered.