In the Area of Speech Perception Has Found That Infants

question 31

Multiple Choice

in the area of speech perception has found that infants prefer motherese as opposed to a normal voice. In other words, infants prefer female voices that have

• A) high pitch and exaggerated pitch contours.
• B) normal pitch and exaggerated pitch contours.
• C) high pitch and normal pitch contours.
• D) lower pitch and exaggerated pitch contours.

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