CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Benjamin Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis, which of the following is true?
A
children learn quantifying words such as “more” and “further” sooner than they do absolutes such as “every” and “all”
B
different languages predispose those individuals who speak them to think about the world in different ways
C
children learn their first language from their relatives and their peer group
D
individuals learn positive instances of concepts faster than they learn negative instances
E
individuals have a natural predisposition to learn language
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Benjamin Whorf’s linguistic relativity hypothesis, the correct answer is that “different languages predispose those individuals who speaks them to think about the world in different ways."

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, also known as the linguistic relativity hypothesis, refers to the proposal that the particular language one speaks influences the way one thinks about reality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Whorf maintained that the structure of a language tends to condition the ways in which a speaker of that language thinks. Hence, the structures of different languages lead the speakers of those languages to view the world in different ways.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis posits that language either determines or influences one’s thought. In other words, people who speak different languages see the world differently, based on the language they use to describe it.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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