TB10 P&C Lecture 1; Language and ethics

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What is the main premise of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
Language influences cognition, words shape thought
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What characterises the WEAK form of the Sapir Whorf Hypothesis?
Language primes thought e.g obligatory gender terms may cause more attention to gender
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What characterises the STRONG form of the Sapir Whorf hypothesis?
Language constrains thought e.g if you dont have a word for it its harder to think about it
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What characterises the STRONGEST form of the Sapir Whorf hypothesis?
Language alters perception e.g Words can alter what you see, hear and remember if you dont have a word for a colour you cant see it
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What does evidence show from gender in language?
Spanish observers assign gendered characterstics to objects for physical characteristics
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English speaking children tend to assign...?
Male --> artificial, female --> natural
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Do spatial reference terms influence perception?
Yes, Northern australian tribes use absolute over relative terms
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How many unique colour terms were shown in languages in the Berlin and Kay World colour survery 91969)?
2 and 11 unique terms
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When tested at a coarse level...?
There is little difference in colour discrimination across cultures
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Motion perception is influenced by...?
Top down mechanisms, adaptation to static motion alters IRL perception
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Colour vocabulary...?
Alters the way you see, but only slightly and in the right visual field
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What is a protected species?
All vertebrates and octopi from halfway through gestation
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What is replacement?
Can you use less sentient animals or computer models to achieve the same end?
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What is reduction?
Are you using the minimum number of animals? Statistical power is important.
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What is refinement?
Animals should not be re-used unless there is a pressing reason. Minimise animal suffering.
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What is there a trade-off between?
Reduction and refinement
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What is the cost of dementia in Europe?
110 billion pa
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