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Because They Are Older When They Begin to Learn English,Chinese

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Because they are older when they begin to learn English,Chinese preschoolers adopted into North American families begin to use English content and function morphemes at around the same time as do preschoolers who are not adopted.


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Activated Memory

Memory that is readily accessible and currently in use.

Limited-Capacity

Refers to the finite amount of information or cognitive resource that an individual can process at one time.

Atkinson And Shiffrin

A model of memory proposed by Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin in 1968, describing three stages of memory: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

Automatic Processing

Cognitive activities that require little conscious thought or effort, often occurring without our awareness and capable of being performed simultaneously with other tasks.

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