The Dani Speakers of New Guinea Have Names for Only

question 121

Multiple Choice

The Dani speakers of New Guinea have names for only two classes of colors. When psychologist Eleanor Rosch and her colleagues studied color perception in the Dani speakers, Rosch found that the Dani:

• A)could not perceive the difference between red and green.
• B)perceived colors in much the same way as English-speaking people.
• C)could only distinguish among primary colors.
• D)suffered from a hereditary form of color blindness.

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