PSYCO105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Language Acquisition Device, Exemplar Theory, Aphasia
26 Aug 2016
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Fast mapping: the fact that children can map a word onto an underlying concept after only a single exposure. Telegraphic speech: speech that is devoid a function morphemes and consists mostly of content words. Nativist theory: the view that language development is best explained as an innate, biological capacity. Language acquisition device (lad): a collection of processes that facilitate language learning. Genetic dysphasia: a syndrome characterized by an inability to learn the grammatical structure of language despite having otherwise normal intelligence. Aphasia: difficulty in producing or comprehending language. Linguistic relativity hypothesis: the proposal that language shapes the nature of thought. Concept: a mental representation that groups or categorizes shared features of related objects, events, or other stimuli. Family resemblance theory: members of a category have features that appear to be characteristic of category members but may not be possessed by every member. Prototype: the best or most typical member of a category.
