GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the words we use not only reflect our thought but can shape them as well
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a simple declarative sentence may be changed to other voices or forms, such as past tense, passive voice, and so forth
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there is a tendency during group problem solving for one person’s ideas to trigger ideas from others
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people tend to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre-existing mental categories
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct solution to this problem is provided by option A: the words we use not only reflect our thoughts but can shape them as well. It is most likely that option A refers to the weak form of the hypothesis. The strong form states that the language we use dictates the way we think and see the world.
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: -Influence. 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-4: -Linguistic relativism is the idea that the language a person speaks has an influence on this person’s cognition. This same idea, but with the added requirement of adherence to the method of empirical validation, is often termed the ‘Sapir-Whorf hypothesis’.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis was developed by Benjamin Whorf and Edward Sapir. According to this hypothesis, our language influences and shapes our cultural reality by limiting our thought processes.