PSY2004 W5 Reading

Question 1

What is part of the pragmatic system?

Answer 1

ABilities that enable us to communicate effectively and approrpiately in a social context compreise the pragmatic system, inclduing varity of cognitive and social skills.
Turn-taking, initiating new topics and conversations, sustaining a dialogue an repairing a faulty communication are all important aspects of the pragmatic system.

Question 2

What is proto-conversations?

Answer 2

Interactions between adults and infants in which the adult tend to vocalise when the infants are not vocalising or after the ifnant has finsihed vocalising

Question 3

What is proto imperative?

Answer 3

occurs when infants point to an object and the alternate their gaze between the object and the adult until they obtain the desired object

Question 4

What is proto-declarative?

Answer 4

Occurs when infants use pointing or looking to direct an adults attention toward an object

Question 5

What are mirror neuron?

Answer 5

a distinctive class of neurons that fire or discharge both wehn an individual executes a motor act and hwen they see another idivdual proforming an motor act

Question 6

What is categorical percpetion?

Answer 6

Where perceptually discriminable stimuli are treated as belonging to the same category