What Do We Call the Hypothesis That Language Influences What

question 36

Multiple Choice

What do we call the hypothesis that language influences what we think?

• A) the dynamic hypothesis
• B) the language reaction hypothesis
• C) the linguistic relativity hypothesis
• D) the cognitive linguistic hypothesis

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Definitions:

John B. Watson

An American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior.

Dendrites

The branched part of a neuron that receives impulses and conducts them toward the cell body.

Axons

Long, slender projections of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conduct electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Neurons

Nerve cells that are the basic building blocks of the nervous system, responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, sending motor commands to our muscles, and transforming and relaying the electrical signals at every step in between.