What is the best explanation for young infants' ability to recognize their mother's voices shortly after birth?

a. An instinctive mother-baby bond
b. Postnatal linguistic experiences
c. Innate phonetic receptors
d. Prenatal exposure to mom's voice


d

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a. prenatally. c. during early childhood. b. during infancy. d. during adolescence.

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a. implicit b. explicit c. overt d. categorical

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A. If the stressor is appraised as a threat B. If the stressor is one that causes a strongly negative emotional response C. If the stressor is something that the person can't control D. If the stressor is damaging to the person's self-esteem

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