Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hard Wired, Psych, Daniel Kahneman

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Likely to contain objects that infant can manipulate ( ball more likely than. Difficult to tell what kids mean when they use single words. By 2 years child moves beyond 2 words and sentences become more complex. The 4 or 5 year old makes mistakes in tense. So far, it seems as the brain is hard wired for language. Will language develop on its own : a) wild children no. Consider: amala (1. 5 years) and kamala (8 years) Wolfish, teeth sharp edged, prefer raw meat, acted like wolfs. Kamala able to acquire some kind of language: b) isolated children maybe. Genie (14 years old) no: c) no models. E. g deaf kids with hearing parents who do not sign. Kids develop own signs with rudimentary syntax: d) other animals. Seems unlikely given data on wild and isolated children. Critical period: even with innate abilities experience may be critical at a particular developmental phase.