Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Peekaboo, Correlation Does Not Imply Causation, Daniel Kahneman

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

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5 to 8 months of age respond to parent"s words. Likely to contain objects that an infant can manipulate ( ball more likely than ceiling ) Difficult to tell what kids mean when they use single words. By 2 and a half years child moves beyond 2 words, and sentences become more complex. The 4 or 5 year old makes mistakes in tense. So far it seems as if the brain is hard-wired for language. Even with innate abilities, experience may be critical at a particular developmental phase. White-crowned sparrow: must be exposed to adult song 7th-60th. What is a thought: directed thinking. Thought and language are closely related: inner speech . Thought best described in abstract, logical terms. Concepts and propositions imply much more than the words we use to express them. The way we structure thinking into schema-driven hierarchies is learned by experience with a particular problem. Consider average chess players vs. grand masters.