PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Conjunction Fallacy, Functional Fixedness, Bounded Rationality
10 Aug 2016
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Chomsky: even when children aren"t given the best language role models still sometimes learn the rules and semantics. They haven"t learned it but children can understand that certain words go together. He believes we have to be pre wired to acquire language without learning because grammar is too complicated for simple teaching. The brain has special areas fro language but it needs to be taught extensively by the environment. Because we can distinguish between sounds of words, language and letters. As they develop babies will use sounds and syllable vowel sounds to express themselves. Naming explosion is when children acquire words very rapidly in a short amount of time. Genie does gain a bit of language in the early part of study. She understands instructions a lot more than being able to say the words. Next step is putting words together (rough time) She seems to be going through the same steps as a regular child.
