The idea that language influences the way we think is called:Question 3Select one:a.Thought-language theoryb.Cognitive reasoningc.Language habitd.Linguistic determinism

Which statement BEST describes the general relationship between thinking and language?

Which statement BEST describes the general relationship between thinking and language?Language usually is not required in thought processes.Language is a tool that may be used in thinking, but it isn’t the sole basis of thought.Language is the sole basis of thought.When we think, we always make use of language.

Arguably, language fundamentally transforms our species by giving us abilities that other primates do not possess and affecting our cognitive abilities.  Which of the following is NOT a way that language affects thought in ways that are impossible without language?(Choose the ability that is not granted by language.)Question 2Select one:a.Language allows us to incorporate other people’s cognitive tools into our own internal thought processes.b.Language can affect our perception of time.c.Language can create a shared perceptual world among different individuals.d.Language can allow us to express emotions.e.Language improves our ability to teach, and thus pass on culture.Clear my choice

ccording to the __________, language development comes about through a combination of genetically determined predispositions and environmental circumstances.environmental hypothesisinteractionist perspectivebehavioral perspectiverelativity hypothesis

Biological theorists explain language acquisition as a process that is controlled by biological forces capable of being observed. They cite a biological imperative for humans to develop language, which is observed in the spontaneous creation of languages by groups of people who had not had previous contact but who came to live in proximity to each other. These languages become more complex over time, as children within the communities are exposed to it and generate more complex forms. The form these languages take initially are those of pidgin languages, or languages that contain simple subject and action words. As the groups share more time together, the languages evolve into creole, a more complex language with more complicated structures, such as verb form variations.This evolution has also been seen among a community of deaf children who began living together in 1990 and who formed a signed language system within their community. Over time, the language grew more complex; however, older children in the community had significant difficulty incorporating the more complicated language structure.Even languages that have been spontaneously generated share common language structures across settings, despite the lack of contact between people in these settings. This suggests that there is an aspect of language which is common to all people. Researchers commissioned a study to examine sign language complexity in the deaf children who lived together. The number of unique syntactic constructions is shown in Figure 1.Figure 1 Number of unique syntactic constructions in a group using sign language, compared between ages at ten-year intervalsThere is also evidence that language ability is heritable. Twin studies found that about 50% of the overall variance in language may be genetic. In particular, syntactic language was found to be strongly hereditary, while vocabulary knowledge was weakly hereditary. Verbal ability scores of children were compared to their sibling or their twin and plotted in Figure 2.Figure 2 Correlation of verbal ability between siblings (Top) and twins (Bottom) Question 31Which of the following, if true, would weaken one of the arguments made in the passage? A.The R-squared value was not statistically significant in the chart comparing twins’ verbal measure scores.B.The R-squared value was not statistically significant in the chart comparing siblings' verbal measure scores.C.There was a statistically significant difference between age groups and the number of syntactic constructions in 1990.D.There was a statistically significant difference in the overall number of syntactic constructions between years across all age groups