PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Long-Term Memory, Language Acquisition Device, Kanzi
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Theories of language acquisition: behaviourist-environmental, nativists- in born o. Imitation: learn through direct reinforcement/ punishment o o o. Diversity of world languages and grammars hard to explain: account of grammar and its development is limited. Interactionism: language is learned/ used in a social context, biological contribution supports language learning. Can they learn it: vocabulary- yes can acquire quite a number of words. Propositional thought- they have mental representation (for objects and events) o: x y o. Bilingualism: important in a canadian context: literature is mixed in terms of cognitive gains/ losses, early acquisition is better. Three parts: initial state set of operations goal state. Stage 3: test the solutions, hypotheses, seeking to disconfirm one or more of them. Stage 1: interpret (frame) and understand the problem o o o: what are the operations, how do you select them, depends on your preferences and experiences/ knowledge and the situation. Skills in problem solving develop over time and experience o.
