Ch. 1 Flashcards
What is communication?
sending a message (written, spoken, or gestures)
Acoustic Level
sounds that are traveling through the air and entering the auditory system
What are the 3 levels in which info gets processes in the brain?
- acoustic level
- motor level
- linguistic level
Language
a complex and dynamic system of conventional symbols used for thought and communication
speech
the articulation and the rate of speech sounds and quality of individual voice
communication
includes symbols and non symbolic info
language disorder
impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/pr other symbol systems
can represent a deficit in receptive language, expressive language, or a combined expressive-receptive deficit
What percentage of children in schools have speech and language disorders?
1.79%
late talker
child who develops speech or lang. later than others (typically boys)
language difference
not a disorder, an individual that has a dialect, maybe a student that is using English as a second lang.
Descriptive-developmental framework
identifying strengths and weakness, looking at what is typical development and comparing it (how a child is different and how can we help them improve)
level 1 of the speech chain model
the acoustic level of communicative function
level 2 of the speech chain model
the internal physical/motor system required for communication
level 3 of the speech chain model
the linguistic component of communication
theory
proposed way of how we think language developed
Behaviorism Theory
B.F Skinner
learning occurs when an environment stimulus triggers a response or behavior
increasing the frequency of positive behaviors and decreasing or altering negative behaviors
Cognitive theory
Jean Piaget
sequence of progressively more sophisticated cognitive skills, from primitive thinking to advanced cognitive ability
proposes specific cognitive achievements are fundamental to linguistic development
-problem solving, understanding and developing concepts
-schema
-assimilated
limitation of cognitive theory
distinct stages are not the way a child develops, there is a fair amount of overlap between the different stages
nativist theory (noam chomsky)
kids are born with a function in the brain that gives them an innate ability to learn language
takes away emphasis on the environment, focuses on biological influences (the brain is ready to learn language from birth)