Even though all humans have approximately the same set of special senses for perceiving reality (eyes, ears, noses), not all of the sensations in the environment reach our consciousness in the same way since each language filters out different parts of reality. Each language provides the speaker with a built-in filter that heightens, dims, or eliminates certain perceptions, thus determining how we perceive reality. This thesis is called the:
a. Chomsky theory
b. Sapir-whorf hypothesis
c. filter theory
d. Sieve theory
b. Sapir-whorf hypothesis
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