Individuals who are fluent in two or more languages have some variations in brain activity. How is brain activity in language similar in single and multiple language speakers early in life and also as adults?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will include that brain activity during language tasks in multilingual speakers depends on proficiency and age of learning. However, in highly proficient, early learners, brain activity was very similar to that observed in monolingual speakers, with the exception of slightly more activation in Broca's area. .
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If a researcher doing single-subject research wants to investigate several different behaviors, the design would be called
a. a retrospective study. b. a case study. c. a multiple baseline study. d. an N of 1 randomized clinical trial.
Discuss the idea that we all shift between "normal" and "abnormal" behavior as we develop, and how it relates to a very high incidence of at least one psychological disorder for children and adolescents. Is this perspective accurate? Does "normal" need a better definition? Is development in our younger years really so volatile?
What will be an ideal response?