A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly, one for birds and another for nonbirds, the Hopi MUST interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns. This argument is based on __________

A) the idealized prototype construct.
B) bottom-up processing.
C) deep structure elaboration.
D) the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Idealized Prototype

An idealized prototype is a cognitive representation of what is considered the most typical and highly valued example of a certain category.

Bottom-up Processing

A cognitive process by which we analyze basic details first before constructing a higher level of perception.