ch 10 cognition; thinking and language people Flashcards

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humans are not the only species that display insight, people learn when they understand the entire situation

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Wolfgang Kohler

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argued that language is natures gift, an unlearned human traits, theorized built in predisposition to learn grammar

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Noam Chompsky

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proposed structures of different languages shape how their speakers percieve/conceptualize the world

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Benjamin Whorf

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developmental psychologist, studies monolingual and bilingual infant language acquisition

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Janet Werker

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