Benjamin Lee Whorf is associated with what strong hypothesis about the relationship of language and thought?
A. Whorf hypothesized that language and cognition were independent of each other and had no strong influences on each other.
B. Whorf hypothesized that as we learn language, it enhances our cognitive capabilities, enabling us to think about more things.
C. Whorf hypothesized that you have to think in order to use language.
D. Whorf hypothesized that the language we speak determines the way we think, including determining the categories of our thought.
D
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a. sympathetic rebound. b. parasympathetic rebound. c. a release of sugar into the blood stream. d. restricted adrenaline secretion.
Mirror self-recognition emerges at the same average age regardless of whether the child has had experience with mirrors. This result implies that self-recognition
a. develops through learning. b. develops through maturation. c. develops from supernatural psychic powers. d. is a relatively useless cognitive skill.
Freud proposed the concept of __________ to describe the spilling forth of psychic energy that had been repressed by feelings of guilt
a. resistance c. id b. catharsis d. superego
_____ psychology studies the nature and causes of behavior and mental processes in social situations
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