Andrew's Mother Brings Him to a University Laboratory to Participate

Multiple Choice

Andrew's mother brings him to a university laboratory to participate in a study of language acquisition but is surprised that the researchers play recordings of nonsense sentences, comprised of invented words such as boga, giku, kuga, and gapi. Andrew is most likely participating in a study designed to

A) minimize interference from parents during the procedure
B) test his ability to learn to recognize different kinds of recurring patterns
C) determine how much language input he has received so far
D) see whether he will imitate these speech sounds