PSYC 100 Study Guide - Intellectual Disability, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Social Environment

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Idt: infant directed talk- gets the child"s attention young kids use it as well. Repeat key words, use sweet tone, exaggerate tone o. Describe theories of language acquisition (nativist vs. interactionist theories): nativist: chomsky argues that children are born with an innate knowledge of universal grammar, the basic features that are part of all of the world"s languages. Nativists argue in favour of a system in the brain that begins to develop after our very first exposures to language. Children make hypotheses about grammar that are confirmed or disconfirmed. An lad guides their hypotheses will never say certain sentences because of this. Critical period for learning language lad words best during childhood: learning real language triggered activity in broca"s area learning artificial grammar produced non-specific activity across the brain. Eg. genie rescued from isolation at age 13, severe developmental delays, never able to develop normally.