PSY100H1- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 53 pages long!)
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Ex: koshik, the elephant, uses his trunk to manipulate his mouth to mimic sounds that he overheard but does not demonstrate productivity like chaser, the dog that knows and speak 1000. Children exposed to tonal languages (which rely on change in pitch to alter a word"s meaning) become skilled at detecting pitch differences and become pitch perfect. Simple changes in tone can largely impact a message. Merriman (1999): language and grammatical structure vary between cultures, but stages of acquisition are nearly the same. Grammar: systematic rules of a language which includes the words, tenses, and syntax (structure and order of words within a language) B. f. skinner argued that environmental influences strongly dictated language development. Chomsky urged for the consideration of biological constraints on development. 9. 1. 2. 1 nurture: the role of environmental factors on behavior. At early age, we know which vocal changes signal good deeds: Higher pitches are used to encourage, while lower pitches are used to scold.
