Your Text Describes a Habituation Study Exploring 5-Month-Olds' Ability to Distinguish

question 183

Multiple Choice

Your text describes a habituation study exploring 5-month-olds' ability to distinguish between tightly fitting and loosely fitting. Which of the following alternatives best describes the results of the study and their relevance to the Whorfian hypothesis?

• A) The infants could not distinguish between tightly fitting and loosely fitting, contradicting the Whorfian hypothesis.
• B) The infants could distinguish between tightly fitting and loosely fitting, suggesting that it is not our language that creates sensitivity to this distinction.
• C) The infants could distinguish between tightly fitting and loosely fitting, supporting the Whorfian hypothesis.
• D) The infants could not distinguish between tightly fitting and loosely fitting, supporting the Whorfian hypothesis.

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