Infants Around Age 6 Months Babble

question 116

Multiple Choice

Infants around age 6 months babble. To what extent is their babbling influenced by what they hear?

• A) The more the infant hears, the less it babbles.
• B) From birth onward, the amount of babbling is directly proportional to how much the parents talk to the infant.
• C) At first infants copy the sounds they hear; later they begin to invent new sounds of their own.
• D) At first, what infants hear makes no difference; later they begin to copy the sounds they hear.

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Definitions:

Mendel's Law

Mendel's law refers to the foundational principles of inheritance discovered by Gregor Mendel, including the law of segregation and the law of independent assortment.

Segregation

The process during cell division in which paired alleles are separated into different gametes, ensuring genetic diversity.

Alleles

Variants of a gene that occur on the same place on a chromosome and determine distinct traits that can be passed from parents to offspring.

Gamete Formation

This is the process by which male and female reproductive cells (gametes) are produced, typically involving meiosis to ensure genetic diversity.