COGNITION
THINKING AND LANGUAGE
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inborn universal grammar
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representativeness heuristic
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linguistic determinism
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framing effect
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. The rich vocabulary of Alaskan Eskimos to refer to the snow better illustrates the concept of linguistic determinism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fixation: An inability to see a problem from a fresh perspective. This impedes problem solving. An example of fixation is functional fixedness.
Detailed explanation-3: -*Validity-the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many bilinguals report that they even have a different sense of self, depending on which language they are using (Matsumoto, 1994). After emigrating from Asia to North America, bilinguals may even reveal different personalities when taking the same personality test in their two languages (Dinges & Hull, 1992).
Detailed explanation-5: -Belief perseverance (also known as conceptual conservatism) is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it. Such beliefs may even be strengthened when others attempt to present evidence debunking them, a phenomenon known as the backfire effect (compare boomerang effect).