PSY 121 Lecture 5: Cognitive development
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Language: system of symbols and rules used to convey meaning. B/f/ skinner: children learn language through reinforcement (verbal behavior) Brain has universal grammar that allows children to develop language w/ mere. Kids say the darndest things did the mans fix the truck? . Children w/ minimal input will invent their own language, including complex grammar further evidence of nativist view of language. 4-6 months milestones in language acquisition phonology-sounds lexicon-vocabulary syntax-grammar simple word combination=telegraphic speech. Jean berko gleason learned rules (add s, es, y, etc development of thinking jean piaget=development psychologist. Piaget"s theory construct schemas or mental models of world, modified w/ experience two processes. Assimilation: fitting new experiences into existing schemas (cognitive strutures) Accommodation: changing schemas to accommodate new experiences piagets stage theory of cognitive development particular order, at ages: sensorimotor period (birth to 2 years) From reflexes to simple mental representations by 2 years milestone: object permanence(cant see=still exists: preoperational period (2-7 years)
