Basics of Language
What are the two major areas of language?
Expressive and Receptive language
what is plasticity?
the ability of the brain to rewire neural connections/ reorganize due to new experiences
what is the cognitive theory?
language processes comes from mental processes (innate)
What are the four lobes of the brain?
1. frontal
2. temporal
3. parietal
4. occipital
what do mirror neurons do?
they help children recognize and imitate
What are the three subareas of language?
form, content and use
Chomsky
Language Acquisition Theory (Black Box)
innate/brain is prewired for language
What are schemas?
mental processes that help understand and attach meaning based on associations
think filing cabinet!!!
What is located in the frontal lobe in the left hemisphere? What is it responsible for?
Broca's area and it is responsible for thought process and speech production
What is your right hemisphere responsible for?
Memory
Attention
executive function
remembering and organizing
Regulates sexual functions and emotions
Damage affects emotions and visual processing
what is another word to describe the content of language; the meaning of words/vocabulary?
semantics
What is the zone of proximal development? What theory does it belong to
the child is at the "edge of their development" and we want to help the child get to the next level
this is part of the Social Interaction theory
Provide an example of overgeneralization.
Provide an example of undergeneralization.
overgeneralization: all four legged animals are dogs
undergeneralization: that is not a fruit its an apple.
What is your parietal lobe responsible for?
visual spatial orientation
ex: driving, handwriting
what is your left hemisphere responsible for?
Logic/thinking
Receptive and Expressive language
Auditory comprehension
Mathematics
pragmatics (social skills)
paralinguistics (nonverbals: body langugae/facial expressions)
What is scaffolding?
provide an example.
temporary support to help the child get to the next level.
What is object permanence?
Bonus: what game do we play with little kids that is an exampel of object permanence?
object permanence is knowing something exists even if you can't see it at that moment in time.
Bonus: Peek-a-boo
What is your occipital lobe responsible for?
visual processing
this system is consists of the brain and the spinal cord. it controls motor activities and movements that are connected to essential body functions
Central Nervous System (CNS)
What are the three aspects that compose the subarea: form?
syntax (grammar)
morphology (parts of words)
phonology (combining sounds, rule based system)
What is emergentism?
-language is a combination of innate and environmental factors
-child centered learning and active approach
What is theory of mind?
What is located in your temporal lobe and is responsible for language comprehension?
Wernicke's area
What is the Peripheral Nervous System Composed of? What are those two parts responsible for?
1. Somatic- sensory, voluntary, fight or flight response
2. Autonomic- Involuntary movements/actions of the body (breathing, digestion)