The Linguistic Determinism Hypothesis Is Challenged by the Finding That

question 50

Multiple Choice

The linguistic determinism hypothesis is challenged by the finding that

• A)chimps can learn to communicate spontaneously by using sign language.
• B)people with no word for a certain color can still perceive that color accurately.
• C)the Eskimo language contains a number of words for snow,whereas English has only one.
• D)infants' babbling contains many phonemes that do not occur in their own language and that they therefore cannot have heard.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A confidence interval is a range of values, derived from the sample data, that is believed to contain the true population parameter with a certain level of confidence.

Sample Sizes

The number of observations or data points from the population used to make estimations about the population.

Critical Value Z

A threshold value on the standard normal distribution used in hypothesis testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It is used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.