AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

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The structure of human language affects the way in which an individual conceptualizes their world. Working from the position that every language describes and conceptualizes the world in its own unique way, it holds that a person’s native language limits their cross-cultural understanding
A
Framing Effect
B
Linguistic Relativity
C
Semantics
D
Syntax
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis, popularly known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, or as Whorfianism, holds that the structure of human language effects the way in which an individual conceptualizes their world.

Detailed explanation-2: -The principle of linguistic relativity holds that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers conceptualize their world (i.e., world view), or otherwise influences their cognitive processes.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hypothesis of linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis /səˌpɪər ˈwɔːrf/, the Whorf hypothesis, or Whorfianism, is a principle suggesting that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ worldview or cognition, and thus people’s perceptions are relative to their spoken language.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis discusses the grammatical structure of a particular language and how it influences its speakers’ perceptions of the world. Cognitive-behavioral theory claims that what people think impacts what they say and do.

Detailed explanation-5: -Edward Sapir and his pupil Benjamin Lee Whorf developed the hypothesis that language influences thought rather than the reverse. The strong form of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis claims that people from different cultures think differently because of differences in their languages.

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