You Are Testing the Cognitive Abilities of Three Groups of Bilingual

question 10

Multiple Choice

You are testing the cognitive abilities of three groups of bilingual French-English speakers in Montreal, whose native language is French: university students, English teachers, and French-English interpreters. On a test of reading span, administered in English, you would expect that

• A) The teachers would perform the best, followed by the interpreters and the students.
• B) there would be no significant differences between the groups.
• C) the interpreters would perform significantly better than the teachers and students.
• D) the interpreters and teachers would perform similarly, and would outperform the students significantly.

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Definitions:

Transformational Equivalence

The understanding that an object remains the same even if it undergoes a transformation that changes its appearance.

Neurological Studies

Research and examinations focused on understanding the structure, function, and disorders of the nervous system.

Mental Images

Visual representations in the mind that resemble the physical objects or scenes we are thinking about.

Sensory Perception

The process of receiving and interpreting sensory information through our sense organs.