What is infant-directed speech and how is it related to infant language development?

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In infant-directed speech, adults speak slowly and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness. Infant-directed speech attracts infant' attention more than adult-directed speech and helps them perceive the sounds that are fundamental to their language. Infant-directed speech provides infants with increasingly salient language cues because of its slower pace and accentuated changes. Infant-directed speech provides infants with good examples of vowels, which may help them learn to distinguish these sounds.

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What similarity did Wilhelm Wundt share with Aristotle?

A) Both used introspection to try to discover the basic elements of experience. B) Both saw the mind as a natural event that could be studied scientifically, like light and heat. C) Both believed that physical events were not related to psychological sensation and perception. D) Both agreed on the relation between the unconscious mind and behavior.

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According to arousal theory, those who engage in physical activities that are extremely risky or dangerous are ____.?

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Discuss the definition of sexual harassment and abuse in the prison system; the form it takes, and the ethical and legal consequences.

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