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Professor Loki wants to conduct an experiment in which he will have to lie to children in order to gauge their reactions.He intends to debrief the children after the experiment so that they will know about the deception when it's all over.Will this study be permitted by his university's human research review board?


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Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition.

Benjamin Whorf

An American linguist known for his hypothesis that the structure of a language affects its speakers' cognition and world view, often referred to as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

Nativist Theory

The belief that certain skills or abilities are innate and hardwired in the brain at birth, emphasizing the role of genetics and inheritance in human development.

Language Acquisition Device

A hypothetical module of the human mind posited to account for children's innate predisposition for language learning.

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