The fact that at 6 months of age young children begin to discriminate only those sounds that are specific to their native language, whereas they were previously able to perceive the entire range of phonemes found in the world's languages, is considered as evidence that ________.
A)learning interacts with biology during language acquisition
B)childhood language development can be viewed as a special case of the representativeness heuristic
C)language skills develop in parallel with auditory abilities
D)the formation of mental representations influences language development

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This phenomenon demonstrates how learning (through exposure to a specific language environment) interacts with biological predispositions (the innate ability to perceive all phonemes) during the process of language acquisition.

The Fact That at 6 Months of Age Young Children