Joshua Is a Normal,six-Day-Old Baby

question 84

Multiple Choice

Joshua is a normal,six-day-old baby.He can be expected to do which of the following?

• A) distinguish components of music,such as pitch and tempo
• B) retain memory for faces
• C) discriminate among happy,angry,and neutral facial expressions
• D) can detect the mother's odor
• E) differentiate between various speech sounds,such as "ba" and "ma"

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Definitions:

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