General cognition and its impact on communication

Question 1

What is our memory distinction #1?

Answer 1

• SHORT-TERM MEMORY
• -> Current working memory
• -> Limited capacity
• LONG-TERM MEMORY
• -> “Permanently” stored information

Question 2

What is our memory distinction #2?

Answer 2

• Episodic memory
• -> For specific things facts, etc.
• Procedural memory
• -> Memory of how to do things

Question 3

Why is short-term memory important in relation to word learning?

Answer 3

• Information is held in “articulatory loop” while new lexical information is stored.
• Larger words challenge STM in both perception and production.

Question 4

How many syllable words do children usually produce?

Answer 4

1+2 syllable words

-Children avoid larger words to a degree.

Question 5

Where do we begin to see phonological development problems in children?

Answer 5

School age

-Shows up in larger words

Question 6

What do we know about STM and learning syntax?

Answer 6

That it is important to start small

-once STM improves it extends to long term memory

Question 7

What do we know about STM in conversation?

Answer 7

-Need to be able to remember short term info long enough to process long sentences

Question 8

What is the “less is more” hypothesis?

Answer 8

-Adults have good LTM and can store words and sentences but don’t do as well in generalization
-Children have poor LTM and can’t store as much info but extract general principles so they can create sentences when they want
Therefore we learn a new language better as a child than as an adult

Question 9

REFER TO SLIDE FOR THE REST IN DEPTH INFO

Answer 9

salience POSITIONING ETC