The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis began to lose favor in psychology throughout the 1970s because
A) the original research results were largely faked
B) evidence to dispute the claims was steadily mounting
C) Benjamin Whorf conceded that he had misheard the Hopi speakers
D) the Inuit languages actually had many more words for snow than there are in English

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The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which suggests that the structure of a language affects its speakers' world view or cognition, began to lose favor because evidence that disputed its claims was steadily mounting. This evidence showed that the hypothesis was too deterministic and did not account for the flexibility and diversity of human thought across languages.

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Began to Lose Favor in Psychology Throughout