PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Spatula, Crossmodal, 18 Months
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Habituation: how quickly one becomes bored with a stimuli. Cross-modal transference: ability to identify an object with one sense when it has only been encountered with another sense. Show someone a spatula, put it in a bag, have them touch the bag to identify what the item is. Phonemes: spoken sounds in a language, vary from each language. Morphemes: smallest language unit that has meaning. Semantics: rules governing meaning of symbols and understanding how morphemes relate to one another. Baby thinks a word only stands for one thing. Learns sister for their own sister, find out other people have sisters, baby is confused that there are other sisters in the world. Overextension: overly broad use of a word, sign of assimilation. Babies may show different styles of language. Referential style: primarily using language to label objects; light, doggy, blankie. Expressive style: language used to express feelings and needs; i hungry. Learning-theory: language is learned through operant conditioning.
