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Lecture 4 Flashcards

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Phonemes

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Phonemes: smallest units of sounds which can be distinguished; change in sound can alter meaning “PHONICS” = sounds
“c” at or “b” at. Initial phonemes
b “i” t or b “a” t Middle phonemes

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Morphemes

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smallest units of meaning in a language; “cat” or “bat

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grammar

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rules that specify how units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages

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Syntactical Rules

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the structure of a language, underlying rules of order/function for how words can be combined to form phrases and sentences

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Gleason Study

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language rules are generative; if you learn a rule can you apply it? Ex) add an “s” to make things plural with Wug test -> 2 Wugs

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Overregularizations

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grammatical rules incorrectly generalized to “exception” cases
Take regular rule, and OVER use it
Examples: he “goed” to the park; he “bringed” the cake to the party
If “-ed” is regular, (as opposed to went, brought)

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Linguistic Relativity (Whorf)

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One’s language determines one’s thoughts; associating words with thoughts
Data does provide support for this theory
Ex) Russian has different words for “blue”, Eskimo words for snow -> culture

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Language Acquisition Device (Chomsky)

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Humans possess an inborn/hard-wired language mechanism.
Hard-wired to sort input from 20-80 phonemes.
Lose by 12 months

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Janet Werker’s Research

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Natural infant responses
Young babies can discriminate words from languages while adults have difficulty – When does this occur?
Ex) Japanese adults law/raw
Conditioning babies with anticipatory head-turners and then going into testing phase
Difference with Da/Daw in Hindi up to 6-8 months for both English and Hindi speaking; by 12 months English speaking babies don’t turn heads for Da/Daw

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Surface Structure

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particular words used, how a sentence is worded

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Deep Structure

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underlying meaning of the words (people usually remember this)

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Expressive (productive) language

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the ability to produce language

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Receptive Language

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the ability to comprehend, process and integrate the meaning of language

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Stages in Linguistic Development

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Crying – different cries for different emotions
Cooing: vowel like noises
Babbling: consonant/vowel: ba ba; da da
First Words
Holophrases: simple word conveys meaning
Overextensions: all animals are “doggie”
Telegraphic Speech: “content”word sentences
By age 6 learn average of 15 words per day, vocabulary of 8,000 and 14,000 words

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Nonverbal Communication

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Vocal intonation: stress, pitch & volume – got my test scores back
Body language:  crossed arms, sitting up
Gestures
Physical Distance
Facial Expressions
Touch
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Learning Theory and Language

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Language is based on modeling, imitation, exposure and reinforcement (behaviorist theory)

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Flaws of Learning Theory and Language

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Children acquire language with ease, not broad variations
Adult speech is often sloppy; children acquire basic rules/structures anyways
Children’s speech is not a mechanical play back of adult speech
Talking twins illustrate imitation, reinforcement and the integration of non verbal gesture and intonation

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Nativist theory of language development

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humans are neurologically prewired to learn language

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Interactionist theory of language development

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both biology and experience make important contributions to language development

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Critical Periods in Language Development

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There does appear to be some sensitive/critical period for language development
See the ethical challenges of dual roles in research with human subjects
Can apply other course concepts regarding learning, memory as well as language acquisition to this case study
Limitations based on this being a case study

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Bi-lingualism

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Some question whether learning a second language interferes with acquisition, but often see similar cumulative vocabulary
Most research does not show cognitive limitations when learning two languages in the developmental period—associated with greater flexibility in some recent studies
A second language is learned best when younger at a “sensitive period” for language development
- May enhance cognitive ability & creativity

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Deaf Children

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learn at a similar rate and pace as hearing children- ASL is a language, not non-verbal communication- Babble with their hands at 10 months- Use similar verbs and concepts; hard-wired language acquisition device

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Thought

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an extension of perception and memory. Mental representations are formed, recalled and manipulated

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Concept

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a mental representation of a category; we often recognize an object as a member of a group

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Language and it relationship to thought

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Speech production is limited
Challenges designing tests to assess comprehension
Capacity for empathy/understanding others/altruism
Learning and imitation
Ability to form concepts and categories is investigated
Ex) Dolphins show element of forming concepts

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Family Resemblance Theory

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identifying members of a category based on characteristic features, but this attribute may not be shared by all

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Examplar Theory

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we categorize by comparing the image to other instances stored in our memory of members within the category and make a judgment about inclusion. (compare to all category members)

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Reasoning

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the process by which we generate and evaluate arguments, organizing information into series of steps to reach conclusions

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Practical Reasoning

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figuring out what to do. Reason toward an action

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Theoretical Reasoning

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reasoning directed toward a belief

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Cultural differences with Reasoning

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Most find practical reasoning easier than theoretical reasoning

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Deductive Reasoning

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draw conclusions from a set of assumptions; the conclusion is true if the premise is true.

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Syllogism

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form of deductive reasoning, consists of 2 premises and a conclusion

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Belief Bias

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Research on syllogisms have noted that people are more likely to accept conclusions if they are believable as opposed to whether the argument is logical

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framing

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how a problem is posed may change the decision making tasks and the solutions; avoiding losses is more important than achieving gains

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Hypothesis Testing

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make and test an educated guess about a problem/solution

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Mental Simulation

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mental rehearsal of the steps needed to solve a problem

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Mental Set

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tendency to stick to solutions which have worked in the past

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Functional Fixedness

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our tendency to rely on a function for an object and ignore other possible uses
Classis problem Solving Task: string and weights

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Confirmation Bias

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we seek to confirm what we already believe

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Distraction

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people often get sidetracked and it detracts from effective problem solving

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Unnecessary Constraints

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we put restrictions on our problem solving which don’t exist

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insight

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the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error. The AHA experience

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Compensatory Decision Models

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allows attractive attributes to compensate for unattractive attributes

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Noncompensatory Decision Models

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do not allow some attributes to compensate for others

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Conjunction Fallacy

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Basic flawed assumption that two events are more likely to occur together than either individual event

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Additive Decision Model

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rating the attributes of each alternative and selecting the one which has the highest sum

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Elimination by aspects

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gradually eliminate options whose attributes fail to satisfy a minimum criteria

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Heuristics

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shortcuts that guide us in decision making about probabilities

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Availability Heuristic

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decision making based on the fact that things which are easily recalled seem to be typical/common(if you get into a plane crash, you are usually more likely to drive a car on your next vacation even though statistically it is less safe)

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Representative Heuristic

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matching an object to a concept or category without processing how likely the fit may be (you expect a guy in leather to be in a motorcycle gang, but it’s more likely to be a business man)

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Decision Making and the brain

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significant involvement in the prefrontal cortex related to our judgment. Damage to this part of the brain leads to riskier decisions

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