Langauge - colours and events

What hypothesis did Benjamin Whorf investigate regarding language?

• Language influences culture

• Language influences thought

• Language influences behavior

• Language influences emotions

Which Native American group was Whorf particularly interested in?

• The Zuni

• The Hopi

• The Navajo

• The Apache

What was the main difficulty the Zuni had according to Brown and Lenneberg?

• Recalling numbers

• Recalling colors

• Recalling events

• Recalling names

What did the research by Carmichael et al. (1932) suggest about memory?

• Memory is influenced by language

• Memory is influenced by emotions

• Memory is influenced by culture

• Memory is influenced by environment

What did the Berinmo people of New Guinea struggle with according to Roberson et al. (2000)?

• Distinguishing between numbers

• Distinguishing between colors

• Distinguishing between shapes

• Distinguishing between sounds

What is the effect of language on the recall of events according to the document?

• Language has no effect

• Language enhances recall

• Language influences recall

• Language diminishes recall

What did the research find about the Hopi language and time?

• It has no concept of time

• It has a unique concept of time

• It has a similar concept of time to English

• It has a complex concept of time

The Berinmo had ​ (a)   ​ names for colours.

• five
• two
• ten
• three

Whorf studied what tribe?

Research into the Zuni people lacked what?