The family in "Meet A Bilingual Family" has a son named Patrick. Why is Patrick fluent in English but not in Spanish?
A) This is additive bilingualism.
B) This is subtractive bilingualism.
C) This is simultaneous bilingualism.
D) This is sequential bilingualism.
B) This is subtractive bilingualism. In subtractive bilingualism, a person loses fluency in the first language as a result of acquiring a second language.
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Cissy looks up a number in the phone book, pushes the book away, and then dials the number. Why does she discourage any interpretations during this process?
a) Information last only about 30 seconds in the short term memory b) Information only lasts about 5 seconds in short term memory c) short term memory can only store visual information d) short term memory cannot hold more than one item
Consciousness is the __________
a) state of arousal involving facial and bodily changes. b) awareness of ourselves and the environment. c) memory of personally experienced events. d) intentional recollection of an item of information.