From the Standpoint of Memory and Attention,what Is a Possible

question 62

Multiple Choice

From the standpoint of memory and attention,what is a possible concern with acquiring multiple languages instead of a single language?

• A)Languages are a protected cognitive process and can only be acquired one at a time.
• B)Attentional and processing capacities are limited and may affect performance when processing multiple languages.
• C)We easily forget language stimuli making it especially difficult to acquire more than one language except over a long period of time.
• D)Language requires even more cognitive resources to process than other stimuli so acquiring two languages at once will delay other cognitive processes.

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