Pediatrician: Child psychologists recommend that mothers of one-year olds not only name objects in the immediate environment, but that they include the color of the object, when applicable. For instance, if a mother hands her child a red ball, she should say, "This is a red ball." Nonetheless, even if mothers began to name the color, instead of simply saying, "This is a ball," no real benefit will be conferred to the child, because studies have shown that children under 18-months old do not grasp the notion of color.
The pediatrician's argument is most vulnerable to which of the following?
A) Infants who hear words embedded in sentences that have each part of speech present tend to speak sooner than those infants who do not.
B) Children usually benefit from having toys in their environments.
C) The range at which children utter their first sentence typically ranges from 15-months to 30-months.
D) Children under the age of three tend to be confused when parents use adult level vocabulary.
E) Psychologists have conducted studies showing that most children under the age of 30 months often utter the names of colors even when that color is not present in their environments.
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In Option A - INCORRECT.
Looking at the range of infants been discussed here which is between the ranges of 1 year to 18 months, it is not possible for them to identify the part of speech at this stage, so there is every tendency for them to mispronounce them.
In Option B - INCORRECT.
Yes, they benefit from having toys around them but, they can't accurately identify those objects from a tender age as 1 year to 18 months which is the pediatric focus point in this discussion.
In Option C - CORRECT.
This statement is more vulnerable to the pediatricians argument, due to the fact that studies have shown that, children between the range of 15 months to 30 months easy want to imitate what their mother is saying even when they can't pronounce it well and also they can't identify what the discussion is all about.
In Option D - INCORRECT.
This statement may be true, but it isn't part of the pediatricians study, and definitely won't be considered in this discussion.
In Option E - INCORRECT.
Actual, since it is a study conducted by the psychologist this statement may be true, but the range conducted here is not the range the pediatrician is looking at.
Looking at the range of infants been discussed here which is between the ranges of 1 year to 18 months, it is not possible for them to identify the part of speech at this stage, so there is every tendency for them to mispronounce them.
In Option B - INCORRECT.
Yes, they benefit from having toys around them but, they can't accurately identify those objects from a tender age as 1 year to 18 months which is the pediatric focus point in this discussion.
In Option C - CORRECT.
This statement is more vulnerable to the pediatricians argument, due to the fact that studies have shown that, children between the range of 15 months to 30 months easy want to imitate what their mother is saying even when they can't pronounce it well and also they can't identify what the discussion is all about.
In Option D - INCORRECT.
This statement may be true, but it isn't part of the pediatricians study, and definitely won't be considered in this discussion.
In Option E - INCORRECT.
Actual, since it is a study conducted by the psychologist this statement may be true, but the range conducted here is not the range the pediatrician is looking at.
