Animal trainers' expectations may have led them to interpret some chimpanzees' signs as indicative of greater linguistic ability than is warranted.This best illustrates the shortcoming of
A) a universal grammar.
B) a critical period.
C) a perceptual set.
D) linguistic determinism.

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The trainers' expectations created a perceptual set or a tendency to interpret the chimps' signs in a certain way, which led to an overestimation of their linguistic ability.

Animal Trainers' Expectations May Have Led Them to Interpret Some