Which of the Following Statements Is Most Accurate

question 162

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

• A)Telegraphic speech is more prevalent in Western cultures than in non-Western cultures.
• B)The emergence of telegraphic speech is unique to the English language.
• C)The emergence of telegraphic speech is a cross-cultural, universal aspect of language development.
• D)Although telegraphic speech occurs in many languages, it is not a universal aspect of language development.

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Definitions:

Visual Images

Mental pictures or representations of objects, scenes, or events, used in mental visualization.

Decay Theory

A psychological theory that proposes memory traces weaken over time if they are not used or revisited, leading to forgetting.

Information-Processing Model

A cognitive approach that compares the mind to a computer, focusing on how information is input, processed, stored, and retrieved.

Anterograde Amnesia

The loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, leading to an inability to recall the recent past while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.