Neuroscience Has Proven True Which Statement About Young Bilingual Children

question 36

Multiple Choice

Neuroscience has proven true which statement about young bilingual children?

• A) Even though both languages reside in the same area of the brain, bilingual individuals are able to activate one language and temporarily inhibit the other.
• B) Different languages reside in different areas of the brain, thus allowing a bilingual individual to activate only one area at a time.
• C) Bilingual individuals of any age have difficulty with keeping the two languages totally separate when speaking.
• D) Since both languages reside in the same area of the brain, bilingual individuals consciously inhibit one language while speaking the other.

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Definitions:

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Observational Studies

Research methods where the investigator passively observes and records behavior without influencing the subjects.

Describing Behavior

The process of observing and articulating the actions and reactions of individuals or groups in specific contexts.

Alternate-Forms Reliability

A measure of consistency across different versions of the same test, ensuring similar outcomes.