Information and IdeasEasy–MediumSupporting a claim about bilingual memory
Information and Ideas practice question
Some psycholinguists claim that autobiographical memories are easier to retrieve in the language in which the remembered events were originally experienced. ____
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers' claim?
- A. Bilingual participants recalled childhood events in richer detail when interviewed in the language they spoke as children.Correct
- B. Bilingual participants scored the same on arithmetic tests in both of their languages.
- C. Monolingual participants recalled fewer childhood events than bilingual participants overall.
- D. Participants preferred to be interviewed in whichever language they used at work.
Answer: A. Bilingual participants recalled childhood events in richer detail when interviewed in the language they spoke as children.
The claim ties memory access to the language of the original experience; richer childhood recall in the childhood language is direct support.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Bilingual participants scored the same on arithmetic tests in both of their languages.
- Arithmetic scores say nothing about memories being tied to a language.
- C. Monolingual participants recalled fewer childhood events than bilingual participants overall.
- Comparing totals across groups does not test whether language of interview matters.
- D. Participants preferred to be interviewed in whichever language they used at work.
- Interview preference is about comfort, not about which language unlocks which memories.
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