A Canadian Family with Two Children (A Boy and a Girl)

question 42

Multiple Choice

A Canadian family with two children (a boy and a girl) moves to Germany where both of the children must learn a new language. The girl is 6 years old while the boy is 13 years old. Based on the results on the acquisition of a second language, we would expect that

• A)both children would be able to master the grammar of German about as well as the grammar of English
• B)the girl, but not the boy, would eventually master the grammar of German about as well as the grammar of English
• C)the boy, but not the girl, would eventually master the grammar of German about as well as the grammar of English
• D)neither child would be able to master the grammar of German about as well as the grammar of English

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Definitions:

Intervention

Strategies or actions taken to improve a situation or problem, often used in the context of behavioral or medical treatment.

Behavior Change

A modification in an individual's behavior patterns, attitudes, or actions.

Multiple Baseline Design

A method of graphing behavioral observations that provides a way to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention when a reversal design is not desirable. A multiple baseline design permits recording and analyzing behavioral observations from three variables: (1) two or more behaviors associated with one student in a single setting, (2) two or more students exhibiting the same behavior in a single setting, and (3) two or more settings in which one student is exhibiting the same behavior.

Reversal Design

An experimental technique where a behavior is measured before and after a treatment is introduced, and then once again when the treatment is removed.