WorksheetsLanguage and Thought Summary Part I
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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?
ambiguous
ambuguous
anti-social
artificial
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?
Fat
Fact
Font
Pact
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?
Ethnicity
Generalisability
Reliability
Validity
Evidence from different cultures supports the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis because cognitive processes like ________________ and recall are influenced by language.
Recall
Recognition
Repetition
Retrieval
Which two psychologists studied the Zuni people from New Mexico?
Bowen & Lenneberg
Brawn & Lenneberg
Brown & Kronenberg
Brown & Lenneberg
Hopi Indians describe time only from the view of the person who is ________________.
Listening
Speaking
Watching
Whispering
The Zuni people had a problem distinguishing between the shades of orange and what other colour?
Blue
Green
Red
Yellow
The Berinmo people of New Guinea had trouble ________________ between colours that were not separate within their language – for example, green and blue.
Distinguishing
Identifying
Imagining
Seeing
Carmichael et al. concluded that memory of pictures is influenced by the verbal ________________ the participant has been given.
Label
Ladle
Labour
Libel
Whorf reported that the Hopi Indians didn’t distinguish between the past, present and ________________.
Eternity
Future
Past
Wrapping
What did Whorf call the Hopi language?
Endless language
Senseless language
Thoughtful language
Timeless language
Heider and Olivier (1972) tested the Dani of New Guinea who have only ________________ words for colour.
One
Two
Three
Four
A weakness of Whorf’s conclusions about the Hopi Indians is that he focused his research on how many people?
One
Two
Three
Four
The GCSE Psychology specification says you need to know about 'the variations of ________ and recognition of __________, e.g. in Native American cultures.
Evens and colour
Events and colour
Events and parkour
Extents and colour
