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Your Friends Elmo and Dawn Have a Three-Year-Old Daughter,Courtney

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Your friends Elmo and Dawn have a three-year-old daughter,Courtney.Dawn stays at home with Courtney during the day while Elmo is at work.Often in the evening,Courtney will say "Mom,Mom,Mom" repeatedly before Dawn responds to her.Elmo cannot understand why Dawn keeps ignoring Courtney.When Courtney says "Dad" he always responds right away.How would you explain what's happening using what you know about the selective nature of attention,orienting responses,and habituation?


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Bands of tissue in the larynx that vibrate to produce sound when air passes through them during speech or singing.

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