PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Information Processing, Egocentrism, Auditory Cortex
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Syntax ( surface structure: grammar (subject-verb-object), easy to comprehend. Semantics (deep structure: vo(cid:272)a(cid:271)ular(cid:455) (cid:894)cat(cid:895), (cid:862)(cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863), ho(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)t (cid:449)ords (cid:449)e use to a (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal representation. Extralinguistic cues or context: nonverbal (postures, gestures, eye contact) Conversational cooperation: turn-taking (pauses for the other person to speak) Genetic predisposition (nature: infants vocalize phonemes of all languages, babies master language early on, no formal instruction. Late exposure to first language results in porter language skills. Learning second language after 6 or seven have poorer language skills. Language acquisition depends on motor and sensory system development. Motor= (cid:373)otor (cid:272)orte(cid:454) (cid:894)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith bro(cid:272)a"s area(cid:895), back of the frontal lobe, language production, damage leads to non-fluent aphasia. Sensory= auditory cortex and connections with werni(cid:272)ke"s area, parietal part of the brain, damage leads to fluent aphasia, rambling speech. Attachment: strong emotional connection that persists over time and across circumstances. John bowlby: argues infants have innate repertoire of behaviors that motivate adult attention: attachment is adaptive, in evolutionary sense.
