All of the Following Statements About Early Language Abilities Are

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about early language abilities are accurate except

A) at 6 months of age, infants are able to discriminate native and nonnative consonant contrasts
B) by 10 to 12 months of age, infants have difficulty perceiving differences among nonnative consonant contrasts
C) after infants become specialists for the sounds in their native language, they are unable to regain that ability for any other language - an example of the "use it or lose it" principle
D) a "perceptual magnet effect" is now believed to provide the best explanation of infants' shifting phonemic sensitivity