PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Jargon

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Acquisition the effortless way through which children pick up language(s) Learning the effortful (and imperfect) way with which adults learn an additional language. Stages of acquisition: cooing (1-2 months old, babbling (4-10 months old, single-word stage (8-16 months old, two-word stage (24 months old, complete, meaningful phrases strung together (24+ months old) Syntax the rules of grammar that govern the arrangement of words into phrases and sentences. Inflections e. g. , add s" to pluralize (some languages don"t use s" to pluralize, so this does not come naturally to esl people) Deprivation during critical periods prevents the learning of syntax. Syntax is uniquely vulnerable in situations of language deprivation. Three cases of deprivation include: genie. Learned to pronounce immature sentences (lacking syntax) She and her mute, brain damaged mother escaped from silent imprisonment of her grandfather"s house. 1. 5 years later, she acquired 1500-2000 words and pronounced syntactic sentences: chelsea. Born deaf in a remote town, where inept doctors misdiagnosed her as.