Ch. 8.3 - Language And Communication Flashcards

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behaviourist theory

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children acquire sentence structure and syntax through learning and conditioning (B. F. Skinner 1950s)

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nativist theory

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assumes humans have a native (genetic) predisposition to develop language (Noam Chomsky 1950s)

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interactionist theory

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language development involved both biology and experience

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cross-fostered

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raised as a member of a family that was not of the same species

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genes and language (2)

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  • language evolved to solve problems

- number of genes involved

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enculturation

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gradual acquisition of characteristics and norms of a culture

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complex animal communication (3)

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  • honeybee waggle dance
  • referential alarm calls
  • dolphin whistles
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animal communication (4)

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  • semanticity: referential alarm calls
  • productivity: combining signs
  • displacement: waggle dance
  • social learned: vocal learning species
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Viki (chimp)

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four words: mama, papa, up , cup

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Washoe (chimp)

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taught ASL ~350 signs

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Koko (gorilla)

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100 GSL signs and understood ~2000 spoken words

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Kanzi (bonobo)

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lexigram and understood 350 symbols and 3000 spoken words

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dolphins

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learn syntactic rules in an articulate gestural language

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Chaser (border collie)

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learned over 1000 words

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Alex (African grey parrot)

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could say >100 words to indemnify shapes, colours, numbers, etc

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