Consistent with the linguistic relativity hypothesis, which of the following would most likely be true?
A) People from New England and England think very differently.
B) People from New Mexico and New England think very differently.
C) People from China and New England think very differently.
D) People from China and New England think very similarly.
Answer: C
Rationale: Linguistic relativity (or the Whorfian hypothesis) is the theory that the language we encounter and use determines how we understand the world. It would predict that someone who speaks English would think differently about the world than someone who speaks Chinese.
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