The Notion That Language Determines the Way People Think and Perceive

question 190

Multiple Choice

The notion that language determines the way people think and perceive the world is characteristic of:

• A) Chomsky's theory of language acquisition
• B) overgeneralization
• C) the social learning approach
• D) the theory of linguistic relativity

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