Many theorists believe that people have an innate predisposition to learn language.Three of the following provide sources of evidence that these theorists use to support their belief.Which one is not used to support an inherited predisposition to learn language?
A)Young infants seem to prefer listening to human voices over other kinds of sounds.
B)Children acquire increasingly larger and more sophisticated vocabularies as they grow older.
C)Children tend to learn certain aspects of a language more easily when they are exposed to it at a young age.
D)Children tend to acquire many complexities of their first language that are unnecessary for day-to-day communication.

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Options A, C, and D are all used as evidence to support the belief that there is an innate predisposition to learn language. Option B, on the other hand, simply describes a phenomenon that occurs as children age, but does not necessarily speak to whether this is due to an inherited predisposition or other factors such as education or environmental influence.

Many Theorists Believe That People Have an Innate Predisposition to Learn