Two groups are tested on their recall of two similar shades of blue. One group's language has a separate word for each shade. The other group's language has one word for both.
Which finding would support the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis? Shade one box.
Both groups recall the two shades equally accurately.
The group with a word for each shade recalls them more accurately.
The group with one word for both shades recalls them more accurately.
Both groups recall the shades less accurately than other colours.
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.