The Fact That Infants Can Distinguish Between Syllables That Differ

question 40

Multiple Choice

The fact that infants can distinguish between syllables that differ by only one phoneme, contrast equally well as those that differ by two or more contrasts. This suggests that infants:

• A) have categorical perception.
• B) perceive syllables in the same way as adults.
• C) process the speech stream in terms of syllables.
• D) cannot discriminate among individual phonemes.

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