Do doctors and nurses perceive injuries differently, since they use a special kind of medical jargon to describe such injuries? The theory of linguistic relativity would predict:
A. that thinking and perception are only different if one's culture supports the language
B. no, since thinking and perception occur independently of language
C. that their thinking about and perception of injuries is different
D. that doctors' and nurses' original native language does not differentiate between different kinds of injuries
Answer: C
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