Your Friend Was Raised in Hong Kong and Speaks Fluent

question 241

Multiple Choice

Your friend was raised in Hong Kong and speaks fluent Chinese. It might not be surprising that he was able to grasp many mathematical principles at an early age because of the symbolic nature of the Chinese language. This situation would be consistent with the ________.

• A)confirmation bias
• B)linguistic relativity hypothesis
• C)algorithm hypothesis
• D)intelligence hypothesis

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