The Fact That Parents in Every Culture Use Infant-Directed Speech

question 363

Multiple Choice

The fact that parents in every culture use infant-directed speech, or motherese, when they speak to infants and toddlers is cited as evidence for the conclusion that:

• A) parents understand that children's production vocabulary is larger than their comprehension vocabulary.
• B) infants are biologically programmed to encourage their caregivers to use an adult conversational style by responding appropriately only when an adult style is used to communicate.
• C) infants and toddlers would learn to talk sooner if parents spoke in a normal adult conversational style.
• D) parents are naturally predisposed, or biologically programmed, to encourage language development in their infant children.

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