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GCSE Psychology · key term
Mental activity involved in forming ideas, understanding concepts and reasoning.
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Paper 2
Revise: Language and Thought RelationshipThought is mental activity involved in forming ideas, understanding concepts and reasoning. They are closely connected: we often use words when thinking, and we use language to express ideas. However, being connected does not tell us which comes first.
Keep the direction of the relationship clear: Piaget proposes that language depends on thought; Sapir–Whorf proposes that thinking depends on language.
When evaluating, explain why a point supports or challenges the theory. A relationship between language and thought does not, by itself, show which caused which.
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