Why Is It Difficult for Infants to Detect Word Boundaries

question 41

Multiple Choice

Why is it difficult for infants to detect word boundaries?

• A)Detecting word boundaries is irrelevant.
• B)Adults don't pause between words when they speak.
• C)Infants cannot distinguish between phonemes in words.
• D)Infants cannot discriminate between familiar words and unusual words.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, it refers to the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

CR Fading

A technique in conditioning where the conditioned response diminishes over time when reinforcement is removed.

Conditioned Fear

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an aversive stimulus, leading to the elicitation of fear responses to the neutral stimulus.

Little Albert

An experiment by John B. Watson demonstrating that fear could be conditioned in humans, using a young boy to show how emotional responses could be classically conditioned.