DeCasper and colleagues (1984, 1986, 1991) found that newborns preferred the voices of their own mothers to that of their fathers or unfamiliar women. Their explanation was that
a. newborns simply had less exposure to the voices of their fathers and unfamiliar women.
b. this might be a basis for attachment to the mother.
c. while female infants preferred their mother's voices, male infants preferred their father's voices.
d. this preference disappeared by the time the infants were two months old.
b
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