[PSY3136] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (64 pages long!)

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

Document Summary

Chomksy"s three arguments are used to defend nativism. Most modern researchers hold to an interactionist p. o. v. Knowledge of language is what is innate. Modularity: dedicated subsystem, mental organ , there are modules built in for specific things that is innately given to you like a mental organ. Can be nativist and not subscribe to modularity (bates argues against based on brain plasticity and variations in language). Computational processes (there are things built in your brain that can be used for language, math, vision, etc. ) Apply statistical regularities to new input. (brain loves regularity and patterns which makes language easier) Gary marcus - aba rule versus aab rule. Infants can detect statistical regularities in input (e. g. , vision, musical tones) Infants can use stat learning for: word segmentation, sound acquisition, grammar rules. Piaget stipulates that inborn mental abilities work upon environmental input (e. g. , speech. Sharing the same enemy never obliged anyone to share the same crusade. to child), resulting in cognitive development.