PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sign Language, Language Development, Puberty
21 Oct 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The effortless way with which children pickup language(s) Natural occurring phenomena that occurs unless there is any brain damage. Someone can go through acquisition process and learn 3 languages---- but must you can pick up language skills don(cid:859)t need to learn it be done when the person is quite young. The effortful (and imperfect) way with which adults learn an additional language. E(cid:395)ui(cid:396)es t(cid:396)ai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g e(cid:454). lea(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d la(cid:374)guage i(cid:374) (cid:455)ou(cid:396) 40(cid:859)s. The effortlessness and perfection of acquisition of language by children indicates that there is a window during which languages can be acquired. Longitudinal design: take people 6 months and again 6 months later and again in 6 months. Researcher used his son and his son to learn how he learns language. Noticed that his wife and him simplified their language and when son started to learn they also started to expand their vocabulary.
