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1. Introduction to Psychology1h 43m
2. Psychology Research2h 20m
3. Biological Psychology2h 41m
4. Sensation and Perception28m
5. Consciousness and Sleep32m
- Sleep
  32m
6. Learning1h 26m
7. Memory34m
- Information Processing Model
  4m
- Storage - The Three Box Model of Memory
  29m
8. Cognition37m
- The Structure of Language
  12m
- Language Development
  25m
9. Emotion and Motivation35m
10. Developmental Psychology1h 20m
11. Personality1h 17m
12. Social Psychology1h 18m
13. Stress and Health41m
14. Psychological Disorders1h 27m
15. Treatment1h 24m

8. Cognition

Language Development

Psychology

8. Cognition

Language Development

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Which of the following correctly summarizes what we currently understand about infant’s phoneme discrimination abilities?

Young children are born with the ability to hear all phonemes.

Over the first year of life, children get better at discriminating phonemes in their native language.

Around 10-12 months, infants begin to lose the ability to discriminate phonemes in non-native languages.

All of the above are correct.

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Understand that phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language that can distinguish one word from another.

Recognize that infants are born with the ability to hear and discriminate between all phonemes across different languages, which is a universal ability.

Acknowledge that as infants grow, particularly over the first year, they become more attuned to the phonemes of their native language, improving their ability to discriminate these sounds.

Note that around the age of 10-12 months, infants start to lose the ability to discriminate phonemes that are not present in their native language, as their perceptual system becomes specialized.

Conclude that all the statements provided in the problem are correct, as they collectively describe the developmental trajectory of phoneme discrimination in infants.