PSYC14H3 Lecture : PSYC14 - Lec 8 - Culture and Language - near-verbatim.docx
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4) language and thought the sapir-whorf hypothesis: support and challenge to hypothesis. Chimps groom each other for 20% of their waking hours b/c grooming is the primary way of maintaining social bonds with their kin in their groups. It"s possible that humans in the past engaged in behaviors like this as their primary form of socializing. Human culture has changed across time, language doesn"t remain static as culture changes, so does language. 2) human culture evolved, necessitating language: as robin dunbar (2004) sees it: If grooming was the main form of socializing, there"s some problems: grooming was problematic because it"s extremely time-consuming (chimps groom for. 20% of their waking hours to maintain society and their group consists of approx. Non-verbal lifestyle seems to be doing it"s job until the group gets too large and grooming gets to be too time-consuming therefore, language also changes to accommodate for the cultural/community based factors. Not particular efficient as a means of socializing.