Talking the Talk, Chapter 4, Thought: Chinese-speaking children acquire arithmetic skills more rapidly on average than English-speaking children. According to the Whorfian hypothesis, the most likely explanation for this is
a. Chinese speaking children are more diligent than English speaking children.
b. Chinese speaking children compared to English speaking children spend more class time learning math.
c. The Chinese language makes certain number concepts more obvious than English does.
d. Chinese speaking children are more intelligent than English speaking children.