PSYC 2000 : Psychology Test 3
Document Summary
How do genetic inheritance (our nature) and experience (the nurture we receive) influence our development: continuity/stages. Is development a gradual, continuous process or: stability/change. Cooling stage: at about 2 months the infants begins to make vowel like sounds. Babbling stage- beginning at 4-6 months the infant spontaneously utters various sounds, adding consonant sounds to the vowel-like sounds to form phonemes: ex: ah-goo, ba-ba-ba, da-da-da. Two-word stage: before the 2nd year (at around 1. ) a child starts to speak in two-word sentences: called telegraphic speech in which the child speaks like a telegram (only nouns and verbs). Contains only essential content to carry meaning: ex: go car means i would like to go for a ride in the car . Longer phrases: after telegraphic speech children start filling in missing words to form short phrases/sentences that have syntactical sense: ex: mommy get ball.
