Steven Is 8 Months Old and Has Begun to Produce

question 13

Multiple Choice

Steven is 8 months old and has begun to produce repetitive strings of vowel and consonant sounds,such as "pa-pa-pa-pa." According to the text,this stage of prespeech language development is called

• A) cooing.
• B) babbling.
• C) intonation expression.
• D) protolanguage.

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Definitions:

Attitudes

A psychological construct representing an individual's degree of like or dislike for an item.

Psychological Tendencies

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