Which statement is true regarding infants’ language preferences?
a) Newborns prefer made-up speech to natural speech.
b) Newborns show a preference for their mother’s native language to a foreign language.
c) By 3 months of age, infants prefer the sound of natural vocalizations of rhesus monkeys to that of human speech.
d) Infants prefer the sound of their father speaking a foreign language to that of his native language.
Answer: b
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