Question

_______ is the key to infants learning to associate sounds with meaning. A. Repetition B. Hearing their own sounds C. Adult responses D. Responses of other infants

Answer 1

Repetition is the answer

Answer 2

Hi!

The correct option is A.

The formation of memory is associated with formation of neural pathways or connections in the brain. For any new memory formed, a new neural pathway develops. Repetition serves to ensure that these pathways are well developed and established.

For a child to associate a particular sound with a meaning, repetition not only serves to reinforce the concept, but also ensures that the neural pathway to that information in a child is well developed and that the child is quickly able to recall the meaning from memory on hearing the sound.

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