Language and Thought Summary Part I

A weakness of Carmichael et al.’s (1932) study is that his research may not apply to everyday life as he asked people to interpret information that was what?

• ambiguous

• ambuguous

• anti-social

• artificial

Critics have suggested that the Hopi Indians actually recall events in a similar way to English speakers. This suggests that Whorf’s conclusions lack a firm basis in what?

• Fat

• Fact

• Font

• Pact

A weakness of research involving other cultures is that the participants may not have fully understood the task or researchers may have misunderstood the answers. This means that such research lacks what?

• Ethnicity

• Generalisability

• Reliability

• Validity

Evidence from different cultures supports the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis because cognitive processes like ________________ and recall are influenced by language.

• Recall

• Recognition

• Repetition

• Retrieval

Which two psychologists studied the Zuni people from New Mexico?

• Bowen & Lenneberg

• Brawn & Lenneberg

• Brown & Kronenberg

• Brown & Lenneberg

Hopi Indians describe time only from the view of the person who is ________________.

• Listening

• Speaking

• Watching

• Whispering

The Zuni people had a problem distinguishing between the shades of orange and what other colour?

• Blue

• Green

• Red

• Yellow

The Berinmo people of New Guinea had trouble ________________ between colours that were not separate within their language – for example, green and blue.

• Distinguishing

• Identifying

• Imagining

• Seeing

Carmichael et al. concluded that memory of pictures is influenced by the verbal ________________ the participant has been given.

• Label

• Ladle

• Labour

• Libel

Whorf reported that the Hopi Indians didn’t distinguish between the past, present and ________________.

• Eternity

• Future

• Past

• Wrapping