What is the impact of linguistic cultural codes on the perception of color?
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should define the linguistic relativity hypothesis. The answer should
indicate that there is evidence that supports the idea that the physical structure of the visual
system determines color perception, as well as evidence indicating that it is influenced by
language. A strong answer will refer to specific research studies in support of each perspective.
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a. vicarious learning c. modeling b. latent learning d. shaping
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