Language & Thought (AQA GCSE Psychology): Exam Questions

A psychologist carried out a study to see if there was any variation in the recall of events between people who speak different languages.

The psychologist used an opportunity sample to gather participants who were either English speakers or non-English speakers. The participants were shown video clips of people breaking a window. Sometimes they broke it on purpose and sometimes it was an accident.

When the participants were asked to write down what they had seen, the non-English speakers were less accurate in their recall of the clips that showed accidental behaviour.

Briefly evaluate the described study carried out by the psychologist.

Describe box and evaluate Piaget’s theory that language depends on thought.

Briefly evaluate Piaget’s theory that language depends on thought.

Describe Piaget’s theory of language and thought

A psychologist carried out a study to investigate if language affects the recognition of colours.

Participants from an English-speaking culture and participants from the Zuni culture, a Native American group with fewer colour words, were shown a range of yellow and orange shades.

When participants were asked to recall the colours they had seen, the participants from Zuni culture were less accurate in their identifications.

Identify the independent variable in the described study.

Briefly evaluate research that has investigated the recall and recognition of colours in Native American cultures.