The Rate at Which Children Pass Through the Various Stages

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Multiple Choice

The rate at which children pass through the various stages of language development

• A) is slower in children of deaf parents, when the children have only periodic contact with speaking people.
• B) is faster in advanced countries than in third-world countries.
• C) is accelerated when parents expose their children to as much language as possible.
• D) is largely dependent on maturation and is about the same in cultures around the world.

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Definitions:

Occipital Lobe

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