Suppose There Was a Language That Had Only Two Words

question 40

Multiple Choice

Suppose there was a language that had only two words for precipitation, and that one of those words was for rain and the other for snow. If it was found that people who spoke only that language had difficulty discriminating among mist, drizzle, rain, freezing rain, hail, ice pellets, snow, and other forms of precipitation, then that finding would support the

• A)sensitive period hypothesis
• B)divergent thinking hypothesis
• C)functional fixedness hypothesis
• D)linguistic relativity hypothesis

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Genetic Component

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Homosexuality

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