Your Good Friend Tells You That She Is Going to Breast-Feed

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Essay

Your good friend tells you that she is going to breast-feed for as long as she can, no matter how hard it is when she returns to work because "she knows that breast-fed babies are smarter." She says that she would feel guilty if she stopped before her baby turned 1 because she would be "disadvantaging her child." How could you explain the research in such a way that she would feel better about her decision if she chose to stop breast-feeding after a couple of months?

Understand the concept of overextension and underextension in language acquisition.

Define and differentiate between key linguistic concepts such as semantics, phonology, and syntax.

Recognize the role of cognition in reasoning and problem-solving, and its relationship with language.

Identify examples of language development milestones and potential indicators of developmental problems.

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Definitions:

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Sex Drive

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