According to the introductory discussion of bilingualism,
a. more than half of the people in the world are at least partially bilingual.
b. technically, a multilingual is someone who speaks two different languages that have different historical origins.
c. a speaker's first language is the language that she or he currently speaks most fluently.
d. the majority of the world's bilinguals learned their second language during high school.
Ans: a
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a. Females and males do not differ in the majority of cognitive abilities. b. Females are more likely than males to suffer from dyslexia. c. Females hold an edge over males in verbal skills like reading, writing, and spelling. d. Males, on average, outperform females in visual-spatial tasks involving the ability to perceive relationships among three-dimensional objects. e. Females, on average, are better skilled at remembering where objects are located.
Research suggests that
a. Gestalt groups are more effective than cognitive-behavioral groups. b. therapeutic groups influence behaviors but not perceptions. c. several therapeutic factors operate in many different types of groups. d. groups do not cause casualties.
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a. ?caffeine b. ?cocaine c. ?an amphetamine d. ?opium
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a. 100% of the times it is present b. 1% of the times it is present c. 50% of the times it is present d. less than 25% of the times it is absent