In the United States, over five million __________ are enrolled in the public school system. These are children entering school whose native language is not English, and they come from over 350 heritage language backgrounds, with the majority from Hispanic or Asian families.

a. English language learners
b. balanced bilingual children
c. heritage language speakers
d. bilingually educated students

Answer: a. English language learners

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A) sociopathic behaviour. B) a Freudian concept of aggression. C) hostile aggression. D) instrumental aggression. E) misplaced aggression.

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After reading about the possible causes of schizophrenia, a scientist thinks that a virus is the most likely cause. What term most accurately describes the scientist's idea?

a) hypothesis b) dependent variable c) extraneous variable d) experimental estimate

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