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10.1 Language, thought and communication

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Question 7

A child's first language has no word for a particular shape. The child learns to recognise and sort objects of that shape by being shown examples, before learning any word for it.

Explain what this finding suggests about linguistic determinism.

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10.1 Language, thought and communication Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /10.1 Language, thought and communication

48 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 10.1 Language, thought and communication, covering 10.1.1 Relationship between language and thought, 10.1.2 How thought and language affect views of the world, 10.1.3 Human vs animal communication, 10.1.4 Non-verbal communication examples, and 10.1.5 Explanations of non-verbal communication. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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