Jason Is an Infant Whose Parents Speak English at Home

question 36

Multiple Choice

Jason is an infant whose parents speak English at home. When his parents are at work, Jason stays in a family day care home where all the employees speak only Spanish. Jason is experiencing

• A) multilingualism.
• B) a confirmation of the critical period hypothesis.
• C) sequential bilingualism.
• D) simultaneous bilingualism.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Sigmund Freud's theory proposing that personality development occurs through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id become focused on certain erogenous areas.

Oral Stage

The attachment of libido to the mouth.

Anal Stage

The second stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where pleasure centers on bowel and bladder elimination and coping with demands for control.

Anal-expulsive

Referencing a personality trait associated with disorderliness and impulsivity, drawn from Freudian psychology, relating to early developmental stages.