During the second half of the first year, infants
A) recognize familiar words in spoken passages.
B) start to distinguish novel sounds in human language.
C) begin to display a sense of musical phrasing.
D) begin to prefer listening to human speech over nonspeech sounds.
A
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According to the text, what conclusion can be drawn in the nature-nurture debate?
a. Heredity is the most important because we inherit our potential for development as well as our limitations. b. Environment is the most important because influences, such as learning, nutrition, disease, and culture affect our ability to develop to our potential. c. It is the interaction between heredity and environment that is important in determining who we become. d. Neither heredity nor environment is important; only our own behavior determines who we are.
Eli is 6 months old. He slaps the water repeatedly each time he is in the bathtub, squealing as the water splashes. His tendency to continue splashing water demonstrates his perception and his attempt to make sense of it
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
In 2009, what percentage of the U.S. workforce was freelance, part-time, or self-employed?
A. 11 percent B. 21 percent C. 31 percent
The field that studies how gene-environment interactions produce phenotype changes is
A. behavioral genetics. B. epigenetics. C. genome-wide association studies. D. molecular genetics.