CSD 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Genetic Epistemology, Interpersonal Communication, Brian Macwhinney
13 Sep 2017
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Understand more about theories including their usefulness and value. When we understand something we can explain it: prediction: scientists generally specify what kind of factors lead to a general outcome. Describe phenomena that occurred: control: control of regulation of outcomes. In terms of disorders: we desire control over outcomes in cases of disorders or non-felicitous conditions: reduce negative conditions. They have to ability to learn language natively or innately: empiricist: related to the word empirical, derived from experience, observation, or experience. 4. 4 questions about language development ii: by what mechanisms does language develop? (continued, the modularity debate concerns the extent to which the brain is organized into modules, a domain-specific account implies strict modularity. Strict division of areas in the brain devoted to language processing: a domain-general account implies non-modularity. No division of areas in the brain devoted to language processing. 4. 5 intro to nature vs. nurture inspired theories: Developed by b. f. skinner, a famous psychologist and harvard professor.
