Language,thought and communication - Paper 2 Flashcards

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what are the 4 stages to piaget’s theory

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  • sensory motor
  • preoperational
  • concrete operational
  • formal operational
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according to piaget what come first, language or thought

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language depends on thought

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what does piaget believe about cognitive development

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cognitive development leads to the growth of language

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why is piagets theory not generalisable

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because there was a small sample

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why was piagets theory not reliable

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only piaget carried out the study so it could have been biased

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what did sapir whorf suggest about language

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  • it could lead us to focus on cirtain things
  • could make some ways of thinking more likley than others
  • could lead to a memory bias
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according to sapir whorf what comes first language or thought

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thought and behaviors are affected and formed by the language we speak

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according to sapir -whorf language comes before thought - what does this mean for different cultures

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cultures with different languages will have very different ways of thinking and understanding things

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why is the weak version of the sapir whorf hypothesis preferred

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it says that language is only infleuenced by thought and only plays a small part,this allows for other factors to be taken into account

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what does the strong version of the sapir whorf hypothesis say

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language determines thought so if a particular language has no words for a certain thought object or idea then people who speak that language will have no way of thinking about it

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what are the 4 main reasons that animals communicate

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food
reproduction
territory
survival

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what are the zones of personal space

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public space = random people
social space = people you know
personal space = friends
intimate = family and pets

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give 3 examples of open body language

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hands on hips
waving
talking with hands

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give 3 examples of closed body language

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crossed arms/legs
head down
hands in pockets

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what is postural echo

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when people who get on well together are seen to adopt one anothers posture

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what are 2 factors affecting personal space

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status
culture

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what was the aim of yuki’s emoticon study

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to investigate how culture affects facial cues are used when understanding peoples emotions

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what type of design was Yuki’s emoticon study

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questionaire

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what was the method for Yuki’s emoticon study

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6 combinations of eyes and mouths the eyes and the mouths were either happy neutral and sad participants had to rate how happy each face was

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what were the results of yuki emoticons study

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japanease students gave the highest taking for happy eyes. american students gave highest ratings for happy mouths

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what was the conclusion of yuki emoticons study

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people learn cultural norms on expression and interpretation of emotions

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what was the aim of von frisch bee study

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bees can communicate by dancing-how do bees communicate

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what was the method of von frisch bee study

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studies the bees in their natural enviroment- sometimes changing elements of it to see if the effect on the behaviour controlled observation- made 6000 observations

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what were the results of von frisch bee study

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bees have 2 dances- round dance: food is less than 100m away `
waggle dance- food is further than 100m away and he found that they show the direction of the food

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what was the conclusion of von frisch bee study

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60% of bees went to the food source at the distance indicated bees communicated by dancing-they use different dances depending on the where the food is

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