Six-Month-Old Ohmar Recognizes the Difference Between Squares and Circles Just

question 8

Multiple Choice

Six-month-old Ohmar recognizes the difference between squares and circles just as accurately as his 3-year-old brother, who can correctly name the different shapes. This fact would most directly challenge

• A) Chomsky's language acquisition theory.
• B) Broca's speech theory.
• C) Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis.
• D) Köhler's insight hypothesis.

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