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frankwu

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Which of the following is an advantage for infants' ability to acquire language?
 
  a. They begin life preferring their mother's voice over the voices of others.
  b. They begin life with a bias for listening to speech.
  c. They begin life with a bias for listening to music.
  d. They begin life with the ability to understand certain words.

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Which of the following is not true of newborns?
 
  a. They require a louder level of sound than do adults to hear clearly.
  b. They are relatively good at identifying where a sound comes from.
  c. They prefer low-pitched sounds to high-pitched sounds.
  d. They are often described as being hard of hearing.


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brittrenee

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


frankwu

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent

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