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bobbysung

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According to the research on infant speech perception,
 
  a. infants cannot distinguish between their native language and an unfamiliar language until they are about 1 year of age.
  b. infants' ability to appreciate phoneme contrasts in an unfamiliar language improves substantially during the first two years of life.
  c. infants are slow to develop language because they cannot recognize the basic phonemes of their native language until they are about 9 months of age.
  d. by the age of about 5 months, infants respond more to their own name than to a different name.

Question 2

Chapter 13 discusses elderly people's awareness of memory problems. According to this discussion,
 
  a. people who are high in memory self-efficacy typically believe that they cannot prevent memory problems.
  b. memory self-efficacy is especially strong in people with dementia.
  c. elderly people who are aware of their memory problems are less likely to develop memory strategies.
  d. the stereotypeabout forgetfulness in late adulthoodmay encourage elderly adults to believe that cognitive decline is unavoidable.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: d

Answer to Question 2

Ans: d


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