As Infants Develop

question 159

Multiple Choice

As infants develop

• A) babbling shifts from single syllable utterances to combinations of different sounds.
• B) the average length of each babbled sound decreases.
• C) babbling tends to become more constant in pitch.
• D) they shift from babbling to cooing.

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