Components of Language
What is the arrangement of words into sentences
Syntax
6-7 months
Variability in behavior across people with difference genetics
Heritability
Does language influence perception?
No
Learning language is based on conditioning
Behavioralist
What are the rules that govern language parts?
Grammar
Which comes first, speaking or understanding language?
Understanding language
Two factor theory of intelligence
If you learn a language before age 3, where is the brain activity?
Left Hemisphere
Language is based on both learning processes and cognitive abilities
Cognitive
What are the small speech sounds called?
Phonemes
When can people distinguish all phonemes across any language?
Birth to 10-12 months
Robert Sternberg's 3 kinds of intelligence
Analytic, creative and practical
Who hypothisized that language changes how we think?
Benjamin Whorf
Gradually strengthening association made between words and objects
Connectionist
What are endings like -ed and -ing called?
Morphemes
What is the term for when a child learns new words quickly by process of elimination with words they already know?
Fast Mapping
Attitudes about if intelligence can change
Mindset
In general, which side of the brain specializes in language?
Left hemisphere
People have a natural ability to learn language
Nativist
What are the rules of how language is used in context?
Pragmatics
When do people start speaking like adults?
Age 5
What is the presence of a special talent in a developmentally disabled person called?
Savant Syndrome
If you learn a language later, where is the brain activity?
Both right and left hemispheres