Norman uses a language that has no word for "infinity" and hence cannot think of the concept. Which of the following is associated with Norman's inability to think of the word and concept?

a. Availability heuristics
b. Representativeness heuristics
c. Metacognitive thinking
d. Linguistic determinism hypothesis

D) Linguistic Determinism hypothesis

Explanation:

The Linguistic determinism hypothesis is commonly associated with U.S. linguists Edward Sapir (1884–1939) and Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941), The hypothesis says that the semantic structure of a particular language determines the structure of mental categories among its speakers.

Linguistic determinism is simply the idea that language and its structures limit and determine human knowledge or thought, as well as thought processes such as categorization, memory, and perception. The linguistic relativist maintains that language influences how one views or sees the world and it also affects what one knows and what one do not know.

From the text, Norman doesn't know the meaning of the word "infinity" and can't think of any concept about the term because there is no word for it in their language.

ANSWER: LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM HYPOTHESIS

EXPLANATION:

LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM HYPOTHESIS is also referred to as the “Sapir–Whorf hypothesis”.

LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM HYPOTHESIS refers to the proposition which started that the spoken languages directly influence the thinking capacities of individuals.

In other words, LINGUISTIC DETERMINISM HYPOTHESIS expressed that language and its framework elicits humans knowledge or their thinking capacity (including memory and perception).

Hence, individuals with ability to speak varying languages as their native language have higher thinking processes.

It also established that individuals experience their immediate environment based on the structure of the language use always.

Thus, the absence of the word ‘infinity’ in Norman’s native language, deprive him the ability to think and understand the word and it's concept.