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QUESTION 16 In an experiment, an infant is shown a stuffed dog until they get used to it and stop paying attention to it. Then a stuffed cat is presented. The infant looks at it for a long time. The inference would be that the infant is really more of a cat person the infant understands object permanence the infant is surprised, because they thought this was impossible the infant can tell the difference between the two stimuli QUESTION 17 A pre-school class is having a discussion about the animals they saw at their field trip to the zoo. Damien blurts out: "I like pizzal which aspect of language is he struggling with here? Semantics Pragmatics Syntax Prosody

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Answer 16: The infant can tell the difference between two stimuli.

Studies have shown that infants tend to look more at novel stimuli, (something they havent seen before), as compared to repeated stimuli ( something that they saw repeatedly or for a long time). It is a fact that in studies of infant cognition, it has been noted that infants habituate to repeated stimuli. These researches prompt us to answer that when the infant is first shown a dog, then later a cat, the infant looks at the cat interestedly as its a novel stimuli, and the infant understands that the cat is different from the dog which was shown earlier.

Answer 17: Semantics

Explanation: Semantics refers to the study of the relationship between words, and how we comprehend the maning of those words. Different people configure different meanings to the same words at times. Semantics is very much a part of our regular communication every day. Its a part of our language learning as well as understanding. The discussion was about the animals they saw on their field trip to the zoo. Damien talked to pizza when everyone else was taklking of animals. This shows our interpretation of different words varies from person to person.