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Language and Thought Summary Part I

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A weakness of Carmichael et al.’s (1932) study is that his research may not apply to everyday life as he asked people to interpret information that was what?

a)

ambiguous

b)

ambuguous

c)

anti-social

d)

artificial

2.

Critics have suggested that the Hopi Indians actually recall events in a similar way to English speakers. This suggests that Whorf’s conclusions lack a firm basis in what?

a)

Fat

b)

Fact

c)

Font

d)

Pact

3.

A weakness of research involving other cultures is that the participants may not have fully understood the task or researchers may have misunderstood the answers. This means that such research lacks what?

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Generalisability

c)

Reliability

d)

Validity

4.

Evidence from different cultures supports the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis because cognitive processes like ________________ and recall are influenced by language.

a)

Recall

b)

Recognition

c)

Repetition

d)

Retrieval

5.

Which two psychologists studied the Zuni people from New Mexico?

a)

Bowen & Lenneberg

b)

Brawn & Lenneberg

c)

Brown & Kronenberg

d)

Brown & Lenneberg

6.

Hopi Indians describe time only from the view of the person who is ________________.

a)

Listening

b)

Speaking

c)

Watching

d)

Whispering

7.

The Zuni people had a problem distinguishing between the shades of orange and what other colour?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

Yellow

8.

The Berinmo people of New Guinea had trouble ________________ between colours that were not separate within their language – for example, green and blue.

a)

Distinguishing

b)

Identifying

c)

Imagining

d)

Seeing

9.

Carmichael et al. concluded that memory of pictures is influenced by the verbal ________________ the participant has been given.

a)

Label

b)

Ladle

c)

Labour

d)

Libel

10.

Whorf reported that the Hopi Indians didn’t distinguish between the past, present and ________________.

a)

Eternity

b)

Future

c)

Past

d)

Wrapping

11.

What did Whorf call the Hopi language?

a)

Endless language

b)

Senseless language

c)

Thoughtful language

d)

Timeless language

12.

Heider and Olivier (1972) tested the Dani of New Guinea who have only ________________ words for colour.

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

13.

A weakness of Whorf’s conclusions about the Hopi Indians is that he focused his research on how many people?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

14.

The GCSE Psychology specification says you need to know about 'the variations of ________ and recognition of __________, e.g. in Native American cultures.

a)

Evens and colour

b)

Events and colour

c)

Events and parkour

d)

Extents and colour