Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When we say "words are symbols", we mean that we give words meaning by associating them with ideas and things; otherwise, words are just collections of letters.
2. "Rebecca" would be higher on Hayakawa's Ladder of Abstraction than "Teenager".
3. "Mammal" would be higher on Hayakawa's Ladder of Abstraction than "Human".
4. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis assumes that our view of the world around us is determined our language.
5. Words have the power to make us proud, happy, and confident, or deflated, depressed, and despondent.
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
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