LING 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Confirmation Bias
27 Aug 2016
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Ling notes 02/08/16: confirmation bias, accentuate the positive a. i. When learning about questions of interest we can choose to a. ii. Seek out evidence that we"re correct; or a. iii. Seek out evidence that we"re wrong: eliminate the negative b. i. When confronted with negative evidence we can choose to b. ii. Modify our perception: this evidence makes us feel good and smart", spend most of your life in college feeling stupid d. i. Look for disconfirmation: two paradigms, naturally occurring acs a. i. Are there species other than humans whose communication system is language- like, in hockel"s sense a. ii. Are there species other than humans who are capable of acquiring a human language? b. ii. Or invented system that has language-like properties b. iii. Puppy : uses the practical orthography of english, practical= developed for day-to-day use in a community i. j. Misspelled: practical orthographies are not designed to accurately represent sounds l. They are designed to cue readers about word identities: [papi] m. i.
