What is one reason modern cognitive scientists do not accept the linguistic-relativity hypothesis?
a. People who speak different languages perceive the world differently.
b. No cultures really exist that have only two words for colors.
c. The range of people's thoughts is not limited by their vocabulary.
d. The structure of thought is shaped by language.
C
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c. British wintergreen is chemically different from American wintergreen. d. Americans associate wintergreen with candy, and the British don't.
Irresistible attacks of sleepiness that can occur without warning are symptoms of a sleep disorder called:
A. insomnia B. narcolepsy C. sleep apnea D. night terrors
Paracelsus introduced the notion of psychic or mental causes for abnormal behavior and posed a treatment that would become known as
a. behaviorism. b. hypnosis. c. asylums. d. tarantism.
A teacher notices that on the last science test, some students did very well, while other students performed poorly or had grades in the middle of the pack. If she wanted to measure how "spread out" all of the scores were, which descriptive statistic coul
a. Median b. Mode c. Standard deviation d. Mean