language , thought and communication Flashcards
what did piaget stated
thought comes first then language
he said that children imiate words they dont undeertsnad and when they start undertnaing that when they are ready , they have small schemas and they develop through assimilation and accomodation
on the preopertaional stage is where childrns language starts to develop and concrete operation is where it becomes formal adn decentred
AO3 piagt theroy
one wekanesss we dont know if shemas exist ….
one weakness alternatuve theories challnge this ….
what did sapir whorf stated
he said there are two
things strong and weak , the strong stated if this object doesnt have a word its impossible to think about it
weak is when language influences the memory and perception
A03 sapir whort
one wekaness allternative theroies ….
one strength there is a link between intelligence and language
what did they say about the hopi
hopi used a timeless language they dont refer to time passing on their language so that affects the way they think about time
what did carmicheal do
he showed partacipant differnet sets of description of words and read descrptuve words and had to draw a pictire from emory and they saw that the memory was inluenced by the words they were given
what did he say about the zuni
the suni had one word for the sades of yellwo and orange so it was diffcut to distingusih between those colors because of thuer lack of colors
what about guinea
they had 5 colors name one word for this one word for this an another for this if any of the colors come up and its not apart of thier color names then they cant identify it
what did von frisch do
he wanted to see hoe bees communicated with eachother
what did he find out
the bees do a waggle dance when the food hieve is far way
and a round dance when its close
A03 von frish
one weakness its only one type pf bees ….
one strength its reliable …
whats the differnce between animal and human communications
animal communication is a closed system where they focus on the physical thing that are in the enviroment
whereas humman is open communication is combined in diffenrt way and used
human communiaction they plan ahead and discuss future eveny
what is verbal communivation
the exchnage of information with the use fo words
what is non verbal communication
the exchnag eof information without the use of words
what is eye contact
is when two people look at eachothrs eyes at the same time
what does eye contact do
regukate the flow of converstaion … kendon
signalls attraction
and expresses te internsity of emotions
A03 for eye contact
one weakness is that it uses rating scales
one weakness its artifical tasks
what is body language
they way your attitude and feeling are communicated through unspoken movemnts and gestures
what are the factors for body language
posture .. open posture and closed posture
postural echo .. when you coppy somone moviemtns
touch .. regulated positive feeling about the people
A03 for body language
one weakness it raises ethical issues
one strength it has real world applictaion
what is personal space
the invisible bubble that surround each person
factors for the personal space is
gender … male and female
the culture arab people have a smaller personal space and distance
the status if you are with someone with similar status , smaller perosnal space
A03 for personal space
one weaknesss its too simlistic that explained only thesse 3 factors ….
one strength it has real world application
what did darwin staed
the most and adaptive anmals are more likely to reproduce and pass onto their genes to their offspring and that woruld repeated over many geeartion through naturak slection selecting the desired gene
how has non verbak communiactio been passed on animal in a way of expressing emotions
what is adaptive mean
the charcteristics that enchnace the reprodcition and surival
A03 darwins theory
one strength supported by facial expression …
one strength supposted by newbprn babies …
what is servicable habits
habits tata re beenfial to the animal ancestors …
how has non verbal communictaion is innate
neoenates who have socual relaers have been found to smile and show facia expressiosn when theya re born proving the NVC is innate
also they shwoed that newborn babaies show disgusted faciacl expressions
blind babaies have also been found that they also do facl expressiosn
how is nvc learned
gestures , gestures are preceived fifrentky in duffernet cultures
and contact vs non contact , contact prefer a smaller space that non contact
