PSY 102 Chapter Notes -Hopi Language, Estuary English, Dani People
15 Apr 2014
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Psy102: introduction to psychology (8) language and thought. When your thinking, mostly a voice in your head. * the weak" version of the linguistic relativity hypothesis: * the language that you speak influences how you think. Language a more likely to think about things in way a but is still able to think about thinks in way b. * the strong" version of the linguistic relativity hypothesis . * the language that you speak determines how you think. Language a you only think about things in way a. same with b. * we have already seen several instances where the language a person speaks can influence their thinking: Depending on the language, students can recall numbers. Chinese number system is very regular; english is more complex and takes longer. Chinese children have a head start and are much faster. Smashed versus contacted car accident the words that are used describe something can influence your memory of it.
