Infant Perception of Sounds Quiz PDF

Quiz Time • To receive credit, you must write your answer in the blank to the right of the question 4 Infant Perception of Sounds • As adults, some distinct sounds in other languages may sound exactly the same to you. • Babies on the other hand can make distinctions between all sounds without tra...

Quiz Time • To receive credit, you must write your answer in the blank to the right of the question 4 Infant Perception of Sounds • As adults, some distinct sounds in other languages may sound exactly the same to you. • Babies on the other hand can make distinctions between all sounds without training, even those that do not exist in the language spoken all around them • At the age of just 8-10 months, we start losing this ability Werker: Infant Perception of Sounds http://youtube.com/watch?v=WXWGnryjEaY Note: This “Indian” language, the Thompson language, is also called Nlaka'pamuctsin and is only spoken by about 500 people in British Colombia. Infant Perception of Sounds Werker and Tees (1984) Research Goal: Establish the developmental time period in which the decline in speech discrimination occurs Method: Participants turned their heads (infants) or pushed a button (adults) when they heard a different sound played. If no response, participant cannot discriminate the difference. Participants (all from English-speaking families): 6-8 mo. Infants 8-10 mo. Infants 10-12 mo. Infants