In a classic study by Whitbourne and colleagues (1995), infantilizing speech was viewed as by older adults and was not , as some researchers had previously suggested
a. positive; demeaning
b. negative; nurturing
c. neutral; demoralizing
d. negative; age appropriate
ANSWER: b
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