PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Termite, Parenting Styles, Scoot
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But, when we learn a language, its functional to perceive sound categorically. Genie severely cognitively disabled & has v little lang capacity. Tragic instances (ie genie) lack the rigorous experimental control that would allows us to draw firm conclusions. & its clearly possible that the children slang difficulties might have stemmed from the abuse they experienced rather than their lack of lang exposure. Bc learning a lang and being socialized in a culture are so closely intertwined, we should expect some similarities btn lang acquisition & cultural acquisition more generally. Measuring the acquisition of culture, sadly, is much less straightforward than measuring the acquisition of lang: cultures are far less tangible to study than languages. 7 yr old chinese and candian children make similar predictions about the future: as the children age, however, canadian children come to expect that trends will change direction less often than chinese children.
