Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Psych, Deep Structure And Surface Structure, Peekaboo

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

Document Summary

Language: properties, syntax, humor, surface vs. deep structure, sensitivity to foreign constrats drop as infant approaches 12 months that suggests: Since they are able to pick it up and are able to play with the ball) Note: difficult to tell what kids mean when they use a single word. They tend to under generalize. (tend to generalize words like dog, and not able to put concepts together) 4 or 5 year olds make mistakes in tense (ex: i runned to the store, instead of i ran to the store: now the child over generalizes rules, but formal schooling takes over. Nature vs. nurture: so far, it seems as if the brain is hard-wired for language, will language just develop on its own? (ex: genie) Example: wild children, consider amala (1. 5 years) and kamala (8 years) raised by wolves and acted like wolves.