Kayley is a 3-year-old monolingual English child. Janos is a 3-year-old Hungarian/English bilingual. How should the two children's performance on a card-sorting task compare?
A) Their performance should be similar in both the initial sorting and re-sorting phases.
B) Their performance should be similar in the initial sorting phase, but Janos's performance should exceed Kayley's in the re-sorting phase.
C) Janos's performance should exceed Kayley's in the initial sorting phase, but their performance should be similar in the re-sorting phase.
D) Janos's performance should exceed Kayley's in both the initial sorting and re-sorting phases.

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Janos's bilingualism gives him an advantage in cognitive flexibility and executive functioning, which should allow him to outperform Kayley in the re-sorting phase where the rules change. However, they should perform similarly in the initial sorting phase, as it doesn't require cognitive flexibility but rather perceptual and motor skills.

Kayley Is a 3-Year-Old Monolingual English Child