In Boroditsky's (2001) study, what was the significant factor that determined the effect of English on native Mandarin speakers' perception of time?
A age of acquisition
B the gender of the speaker
C length of exposure to English
D the number of languages the person spoke
E socioeconomic class
A
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a. True b. False
Which of the following was a key obstacle that hominins' increase in brain size had to overcome?
A. larger skulls demanding more elastic birth canals, even though the requirements of skeletal development during a woman's lifetime limit the elasticity of birth canals B. overcoming the trend of ever more self-sufficient children eager to separate themselves from their mothers C. overcoming the trend of clumsy locomotion that makes hominins vulnerable to predators D. larger skulls demanding larger birth canals, even though the requirements of upright bipedalism impose limits on the expansion of the human pelvic opening E. the challenges of walking with a head that is too heavy
The recent history of the Basque language demonstrates that
A incorporating a language into the educational system hinders revitalization efforts. B if a language has too many dialects, it has too much diversity to be revitalized. C a strong link between ethnic identity and language does not help revitalize languages. D languages cannot be revitalized, even with extensive efforts. E languages can successfully be revitalized.
In general, __________ people tend to produce and keep greater amounts of surplus than __________ people
a. wealthy; poor b. nomadic; sedentary c. sedentary; nomadic d. future-oriented; present-oriented