PSYC 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Krypto, Dairy Product, Toy Model
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Social interaction is inherent to language: nappa & arnold gaze study. Gaze at subject 1 = 93% say subject 1; neutral gaze = 79% subject 1: english-speaking babies can learn mandarin phonemic categories at 9 gaze at subject 2 = 50% say subject 1. Social cues modify listener"s pronoun interpretation months in 12 sessions but only with exposure to a live speaker. Do young children use speaker knowledge to learn words: baldwin studies: child plays with toy, person looks in bucket and says blicket. Child associates blicket with the thing the person is looking at not the thing they are playing with: 3-4 year old children track the reliability of speakers. Expert vs. non-expert: saying i know this is the blicket vs. maybe this one is her blicket. Children learn better from the expert: theory of mind one component of social cognition.
