You are having a conversation with your psychology professor and he proposes that your language determines the nature of your thought.Which theorist would agree with his assertions?
A) Benjamin Whorf
B) B. F. Skinner
C) Steven Pinker
D) Noam Chomsky

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Benjamin Whorf proposed the linguistic relativity hypothesis, also known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which suggests that the structure of a language influences or determines the way a speaker of that language perceives and conceptualizes the world.

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