Do Doctors and Nurses Perceive Injuries Differently,since They Use a Special

question 191

Multiple Choice

Do doctors and nurses perceive injuries differently,since they use a special kind of medical jargon to describe such injuries? The theory of linguistic relativity would predict:

• A) that thinking and perception are only different if one's culture supports the language
• B) no, since thinking and perception occur independently of language
• C) that their thinking about and perception of injuries is different
• D) that doctors' and nurses' original native language does not differentiate between different kinds of injuries

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