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Question 5

One language has several everyday words for different shades of blue. Another language uses a single word for all of these shades.

Use the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis to explain a possible difference in colour recognition between speakers of the two languages.

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2.1 Communication Questions

  1. IGCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /2.1 Communication

67 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE Psychology 2.1 Communication, covering 2.1.1 Language and thought, 2.1.2 Variation in recall and colour recognition, 2.1.3 Human versus animal communication, 2.1.4 Von Frisch's bee study, 2.1.5 Properties unique to human communication, 2.1.6 Verbal and non-verbal communication, 2.1.7 Functions of eye contact, 2.1.8 Body language, 2.1.9 Personal space, 2.1.10 Darwin's evolutionary theory of NVC, and 2.1.11 Evidence NVC is innate or learned. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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