For Most Children

question 23

Multiple Choice

For most children,

• A) activity in the left hemisphere increases slowly throughout early and middle childhood.
• B) activity in the left hemisphere peaks between 1 and 3 years and decreases slowly.
• C) the left hemisphere is especially active between 3 and 6 years and then levels off.
• D) activity in the right hemisphere increases dramatically between ages 2 and 6.

Understand the cognitive benefits associated with bilingualism.

Describe behaviorist perspectives on language acquisition.

Identify the barriers to language acquisition in non-human animals.

Understand nativist perspectives on language development, including the concept of innate language abilities.

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Definitions:

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of the experimental effect, indicating how large the difference is between groups.

Association

A connection or relationship between two or more variables, where changes in one variable relate to changes in another.

Variables

Elements or characteristics in research that can change or vary, often categorized as dependent or independent.

Correlation Coefficient

A numeric metric that determines the intensity and orientation of a linear association between two numerical variables.