Research Has Compared the Spatial Cognition of English and Dutch

question 164

Multiple Choice

Research has compared the spatial cognition of English and Dutch speakers to that of a Mayan people whose native tongue, Tszeltal, has no language labels for "left of" or "right of." Why might the researchers have included the Dutch speakers along with the English-speakers, considering that both languages have labels for "left of" and "right of?"

• A) to increase the study's internal reliability
• B) to increase the study's internal validity
• C) to increase the study's external reliability
• D) to increase the study's external validity

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