Application of the Whorfian Hypothesis to How People Speak an Absolute

question 4

Multiple Choice

Application of the Whorfian Hypothesis to how people speak an absolute coordinate system predicts that:

• A) people should have a better frame of reference for where they are if their frame of reference is an absolute coordinate.
• B) people should have a better frame of reference for where they are if they have a relative frame of reference.
• C) people who have an absolute coordinate system for frame of reference can go to a new city and point to where they are with less geographical accuracy than those with a relative frame of reference.
• D) None of these answers are true.

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Definitions:

Bacterium's Resource

Bacterium's Resource refers to the nutrients and environmental conditions that support the growth and survival of bacteria.

Niche

The totality of an organism’s adaptations, its use of resources, and the lifestyle to which it is fitted in its community; how an organism uses materials in its environment as well as how it interacts with other organisms; also called ecological niche. See fundamental niche and realized niche.

Resource Partitioning

The reduction of competition for environmental resources such as food that occurs among coexisting species as a result of each species’ niche differing from the others in one or more ways.

Intraspecific Competition

Competition among members of the same species for resources such as food, space, and mates.