tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post114379416911632437..comments2024-03-08T04:09:09.836-06:00Comments on Mixing Memory: Bilingualism = Multiple Personality Disorder?Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-3164457432495476582009-12-01T04:01:02.864-06:002009-12-01T04:01:02.864-06:00It is right to say that the language primes the cu...It is right to say that the language primes the culture that goes with it, but I think the main problem is not bilingual, but which language has brought you up.<br /><a href="http://www.rocketfrenchsecrets.com/" rel="nofollow">Pimsleur French</a> and <a href="http://www.rocketchinesesecrets.com/" rel="nofollow">Pimsleur Chinese</a>Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881419727276147656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-19599000421143675732009-05-05T04:18:00.000-05:002009-05-05T04:18:00.000-05:00cheap wow power leveling buy wow gold cheapest wow...cheap <A HREF="http://www.wowpowerleveling.me/" REL="nofollow">wow power leveling</A> buy <A HREF="http://www.wowgold-powerleveling.com/" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A> cheapest <A HREF="http://www.wowgold-powerleveling.com/" REL="nofollow">wow power leveling</A> CHEAP <A HREF="http://www.wowpowerleveling.me/" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A> BUY <A HREF="http://www.wowgold-powerleveling.com/" REL="nofollow">power leveling</A> CHEAPEST <A HREF="http://www.wowgold-powerleveling.com/" REL="nofollow">wow powerleveling</A> <br /><A HREF="http://www.globalsale.me/" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A><A HREF="http://www.cheapgamegold.org" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A><A HREF="http://www.cheap-gamegold.org" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A><A HREF="http://www.gamegoldvip.org" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A>weiweiwow power levelinghttp://www.wowpowerleveling.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-54210648206640039102008-11-25T08:30:00.000-06:002008-11-25T08:30:00.000-06:00Nice blog dear i have really learn a lot from this...Nice blog dear i have really learn a lot from this blog thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-61046536745801803282008-11-25T08:26:00.000-06:002008-11-25T08:26:00.000-06:00HiYOur bolg is very nice. 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What a ridiculous question!"<BR/><BR/>Suzette Haden ElginAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143877779895088252006-04-01T01:49:00.000-06:002006-04-01T01:49:00.000-06:00OK, one more comment on your question, Anon: while...OK, one more comment on your question, Anon: while it is possible to argue that differences in the test are responsible for differences in scores across the two languages, the fact that the differences on all but one of the dimensions were in the predicted directions places the burden on the "differences in the test" alternative hypothesis to come up with evidence that test differences will yield that pattern of results.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143877628083224012006-04-01T01:47:00.000-06:002006-04-01T01:47:00.000-06:00Anon, that's an excellent question, and I don't sa...Anon, that's an <I>excellent</I> question, and I don't say that just because it was the first thing I thought when I read the paper's abstract (OK, maybe that's part of why I say it). That's a problem with pretty much all cross cultural work, in psychology, linguistics, anthropology, or whatever discipline. The authors of the paper present some fairly strong evidence that language differences in the test weren't a problem. First, the Big Five Inventory has been extensively tested in both languages for reliability, and second, while there were overall differences between the tests on the two languages (the substance of the paper), differences on individual questions were minimal, indicating substantial test-retest reliability across languages. Of course, it's still not clear whether the small differences that did emerge might be artifacts of the differences in the tests themselves, and that's why I say at the beginning that I'm not sure just how seriously to take this.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143869443589977432006-03-31T23:30:00.000-06:002006-03-31T23:30:00.000-06:00How do you correct for the fact that the questions...How do you correct for the fact that the questions are necessarily different in the different languages?<BR/><BR/>It'd be interesting if you could do a language-neutral personality test, with images or something, and have people take it while thinking in or after speaking in each language.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143867263530692912006-03-31T22:54:00.000-06:002006-03-31T22:54:00.000-06:00Heo, that's because Old English speakers in... um....Heo, that's because Old English speakers in... um... Old England are personalityless.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143850251969540812006-03-31T18:10:00.000-06:002006-03-31T18:10:00.000-06:00Hey, I know two languages and that test suggests t...Hey, I know two languages and that test suggests that I have no personality. I've been gyped!Heohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790601758953554870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143841675371154042006-03-31T15:47:00.000-06:002006-03-31T15:47:00.000-06:00Yeah, I have no doubt that languages can prime val...Yeah, I have no doubt that languages can prime values and attitudes. Of course, you'd have to be more than bilingual. You'd also have to be very knowledgeable about the two different cultures. But personality? OK, that's a little more difficult to swallow. I don't doubt their data, and the samples seem to be OK. What I wonder is how long such an effect (and the effect sizes were all pretty small) would last, and what the practical impliciations might be.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417970139690159046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8182098.post-1143829377320744802006-03-31T12:22:00.000-06:002006-03-31T12:22:00.000-06:00Actually, I kind of suspected this, although I wou...Actually, I kind of suspected this, although I would imagine that the subjects have to be REALLY bilingual rather than just having studied another language at some point. The reasoning which lead me to suspect this before I even read this post came from my belief/suspicion that morals and values are simply institutions and institutions are simply part of our language. Thus different languages would entail the possibility, perhaps even probability, of a difference in values and moral to a certain degree.Jeff Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344848794614278761noreply@blogger.com