PSY100H1 Lecture 13: Language and Thought
4 Nov 2017
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Critical period a maturational stage in the lifespan of an organism during which the nervous system is especially sensitive to certain environmental stimuli. Sensitive period a developmental term and refers to a time when a child is particularly receptive to certain environmental experiences. Your language determines your perception and cognition of the world. The perception and cognition of the world is influenced by language. Language impairment affecting the production and/or comprehension of speech. Apraxia is when the brain the trouble planning and making the mouth movements in orde project speech. View from a century ago -> extremely negative. May contribute to cognitive reserve rtain kinds of order to. Anything that stands in for, or corresponds to, something else. Mental representation a hypothetical "internal" cognitive symbol that represents external reality. Mental representations which have some of the physical characteristics of actual objects. Abstract mental representations which do not correspond to the physical characteristics objects.
