In a Study of How Language Affects One's Thoughts, Individuals

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Multiple Choice

In a study of how language affects one's thoughts, individuals who spoke different languages were asked to arrange a set of cards that depicted a series of events, such as a meal being cooked and eaten.Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding the findings of this study?

• A) The subjects who spoke Hebrew usually arranged the cards from right to left.
• B) Speakers of Kuuk Thaayorre, the language of the Cape York Australian aboriginals, used a temporal sequence from east to west in arranging the cards.
• C) All the subjects regardless of the language they spoke arranged the cards from left to right.
• D) The findings of this study lend support to the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

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