In an Experiment Examining the Ability of Children to Discriminate

question 1

Multiple Choice

In an experiment examining the ability of children to discriminate speech sounds of various languages,Werker and Tees found:

• A) that children younger than 2 years had no discrimination ability.
• B) that children could discriminate,but the ability declines over the first year of life.
• C) that children begin to discriminate during the first year and this ability continues to grow until they begin to speak at around age 2.
• D) that children are better at discriminating sounds than adults.

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