PSYC 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Benjamin Lee Whorf, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Taste
12 Dec 2016
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Language: set of symbols used to communicate, to convey thoughts and desires to others who share understanding of those symbols. Cooing: by about 2 months of age babies begin to make non crying verbalizations that mainly consist of vowel sounds. Telegraphic speech: by the age of 2 toddlers can speak in very short sentences (2 words: all but the essential words are omitted, ex. instead of saying i want a cookie they say want cookie . Critical period: window of time in development during which certain in uences are necessary for appropriate formation of the brain. The case of genie: adolescent girl spent her entire life chained to a potty chair, rarely spoken to except when told to. Learning to read: in western cultures most children begin learning to read at the age of 5 or 6, because the phonemes are identical in abbreviations we are able to understand them, ex.
