All of the following statements about early language abilities are accurate except
a. at 6 months of age, infants are able to discriminate native and nonnative consonant contrasts
b. by 10 to 12 months of age, infants have difficulty perceiving differences among nonnative consonant contrasts
c. after infants become specialists for the sounds in their native language, they are unable to regain that ability for any other language – an example of the "use it or lose it" principle
d. a "perceptual magnet effect" is now believed to provide the best explanation of infants' shifting phonemic sensitivity
C
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A. Bottle-feeding formula contained more nutrients. B. Parents could keep track of the amount of milk the baby was receiving. C. Bottle-feeding offered significant emotional advantages to the mother. D. Bottle-fed babies were more responsive to their mothers.
Describe the principal of equivalence in Jung's personality model and give a real-life example
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is an example of the component belief?
a. A child who likes chocolate-chip ice cream will feel "happy" about having it for dessert. b. A rabbit that does not know that a fox is hidden behind nearby bushes is not "scared.". c. A child will feel "sad" when looking at photographs of a pet that died some years ago. d. A child can feel "sad" by lying to someone, or feel "happy" by helping.
Raymond Cattell advanced the study of personality by ________
a. developing case-study analysis. b. rejecting early Greek theories of personality. c. devising the Myers-Briggs inventory. d. using factor analysis.