PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously, Phoneme, Onomatopoeia
14 Jul 2018
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Communication- sending and receiving info to another individual or group, language is regular and regulated (rule-governed) by the rules of grammar. In korean, there are specific names for members of the extended family whereas in. English we call them all uncle but anglophones still understand the differences between these individuals: key question that is unsolved- can you have abstract thought without language. Universal phonetic sensitivity: young infants can discriminate phonemes more than adults, children develop phonemic sensitivity based on the language they grew up with. Language development: children develop language skills in a very consistent order and reach milestones at predictable ages, meaning we can use a child"s skills to assess whether she is developing at a normal pace. Infants who are immersed in an english language setting will benefit from being able to discriminate between r and l whereas those in a japanese language setting will not benefit from maintaining that ability as the distinction is irrelevant.
