PSY 3136 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Grapheme, Proverb, Language Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3136
• Professor: Christopher Fennell

Document Summary

Muller and romanes put together a list of what people were saying. We took easiest thing to say and attached it to most important thing. Bow wow: we took sounds animals were making and attached it to animals. Ow"- you get hurt-you exclaim, ow is now word for hurt. Ding dong: things vibrate and natural frequencies and we mimic those vibrations. Yo he yo: we started making noise to keep rhythm with tap, ex: when rowing a boat- have to go at same time, sing a song. Sing song: music was first intro to words. Ta ta: we figured out what sounds we could make, our tongues clickthat"s sort of the entry. Why called functionalist: people were interested in describing language. Record everything baby does first year of life. Darwin: that perfection of structure and co-adaptation that justly excites our admiration. He was a professor, kept detailed record of her. Taking large groups of people and studying them.