When writing term papers, assignments, and exams, Gary is very careful to use he or she in place of the masculine pronoun and people instead of man. Clearly Gary is aware of the relationship between language and:

a) prototypes.
b) perception.
c) mental sets.
d) functional fixedness.

B. Perception.

Explanation: The relationship between language and perception emphasizes on our knowledge of the environment; in terms of what we see, hear, feel and our general cognition of the environment and how we transmit or air these views, opinions and belief of ours.

Basically, a person's choice of language that is, what and how we speak or write shapes and defines how the speaker is perceived or what the reader or listener feels or perceives about the writer or speaker .

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