Given the cross-cultural research on odor perception, which person would perform the best on an odor identification task?
A) Person V, who is highly accurate when identifying colors
B) Person W, who is from a highly industrialized culture
C) Person X, who is from a small-scale, tribal culture
D) Person Y, whose culture has a large vocabulary of color words
E) Person Z, whose culture has a large vocabulary of odor words

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Person Z would perform the best because having a large vocabulary of odor words suggests a cultural emphasis on odors, which likely enhances their ability to identify and differentiate between various smells.

Given the Cross-Cultural Research on Odor Perception, Which Person Would