Two-month-old Penny makes vowel-like noises. This is an example of
A) babbling.
B) telegraphic speech.
C) child-directed speech.
D) cooing.
Answer: D) cooing.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. consciousness therapies b. behavioral therapies c. insight therapies d. biomedical therapies
A preschooler who believes the word cow is a big word and the word caterpillar is a small word suggests that
a. he has dyslexia and is unable to read the two words. b. he is underextending the meanings of the two words because he cannot read yet. c. he lacks the metalinguistic awareness required to realize that the length of a word is not necessarily associated with the size of its referent. d. preschoolers are not very good at comprehension monitoring.
Unlike early hominids, Homo sapiens had ___________________
a. a narrower pelvis b. a shorter period of dependency c. a slightly smaller brain d. smaller jaws