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recognition method

a technique of measuring the amount of material learned or remembered by testing a person’s ability to later identify the content as having been encountered. During recognition testing, previously studied items are presented along with new items, or lures, and the participant attempts to identify those items that were studied and those that were not. Also called recognition test. Compare recall method.

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elective bilingualism

elective bilingualism

see elite bilingualism.