In class, you heard about research subjects presented with sentences such as John bought cookie and asked if they sounded okay. They point was to assess
a. whether children with head injuries had damage to the parts of their brain that process grammatical aspects of language
b. whether second language speakers had a firm grasp of the grammar of the language they were learning
c. whether language comprehension was more sophisticated than language production
d. whether immigrants' English language processing is better in English immersion classes or in bilingual classes
Ans: b. whether second language speakers had a firm grasp of the grammar of the language they were learning
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A) accommodation. B) assimilation. C) conservation. D) equilibration.
If the most recent theories regarding the capacity of short-term memory are correct, then _____________
a. five sentences should be easier to remember than five words b. five sentences should be as difficult to remember as five words c. five sentences should be more difficult to remember than five words d. five sentences and five words should both be easier to remember than five letters, because the words and sentences both have inherent meaning