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Language & Develop
Psychology
Benjamin Whorf | linguistic relativity |
Convergent Thinking | one solution |
Copernicus | sun in middle |
Critical Period | easier to learn 2-5y |
Deep Blue | Light blue is the color most linked to creativity. ... Dark blue is the shade that is associated with intelligence and lack of emotion |
Divergent Thinking | different solutions |
Garry Kasparov | deep blue computer program beat him in chess |
Genie | by age of 24 had 5 year old capacity mental capacity of 1 year old |
Innate | a trait or characteristic that is present in an organism at birth |
Language-Acquisition Device | helps learn any language as a child |
Linguistic Relativity | language affects mind |
Noam Chomsky | disagreed with Skinner about language acquisition, stated there is an infinite # of sentences in a language, humans have an inborn native ability to develop language |
Rigidity | fusal to appreciate another person's viewpoint or emotions characterized by a lack of empathy |
Sub Goals | giving a name to a group of steps, in a step-by-step description of a process, to explain how the group of steps achieve |
Telegraphic Speech | speech during the two-word stage of language acquisition in children, which is laconic and efficient. The name derives from the fact that someone sending a telegram was generally charged by the word. |
Transformational Grammar | theory of generative grammar of a natural language, developed by Chomsky. It's basically a theory to understand the processing of grammatical knowledge in the human brain. |