Te Reo and Mind Flashcards
what is Matauranga
traditional knowledge taken from the tupuna
How can Matauranga Maori be viewed?
as an evolutionary branch of human Philosophy
what is Tikanga
the enactment of a code of ethical behaviours that link to Matauranga
e.g. Te reo, waiata, and korero
what is the mainstream view in cognitive science of Language and thought
“A common language connects the members of a community into an information-sharing network with formidable collective powers”
what are the arguments for language being independent of cognition
– Powerful abstract thinking can take place without language
– Babies have concepts before language
Berlin and Kay’s hypothesis
- All languages have basic colour terms.
- Basic colour terms split the range of colours into categories
- Cultural exchange can change how a language categorises colour.
How many basic colour categories do languages generally have
2 to 11
what was the challenge of Berlin and Kay’s Theory
- It prioritises the Western European view of colour categories.
- Some languages do not have a concept of ‘colour’ as understood in Western cultures.
what compound words were adopted from western colour categories?
‘mawhero’ white red meaning pink
‘paraone’ yellow brown for orange
Piaget (1960), stages:
Sensorimotor,
Preoperational,
Concrete Operational,
Formal Operational
when does colour naming develop
in the Preoperational stage (ages 2-7)
what is the importance of context in learning
*Children learn colours in the context of their environment
*Cultural artifacts and everyday objects play a role in colour learning
thinking style of independent cultures
- Internal attributes are most noticale
- Self concept is separate from group
- Personal goals will take priority over group goals
thinking style of interdependent cultures
- Social roles are most noticable
- Self concept is as part of the group
- Group goals take priority
- Relationships are crucial
Western style of thinking
- Analytic
– Focus on objects and properties
– fact checking
Maori style of thinking
- Procedural
– Emphasising contexts and relations between interactions.
– whanau perspectives
– hui/wānanga
Absolute
Ignoring contextual information
* Americans are better at absolute tasks
Relative
Incorporating contextual information
* Japanese are better at relative tasks
Maori cultural style
- Holistic/Individualistic
– Emphasising contexts and relations between situations - Preference for relational, procedural
western cultural style
- Propositional - Analytic – Focus on objects and properties
- Preference for avoiding contradictions, determining which position is correct
Proto-Eastern Polynesian (PEP)
People that stemmed from Society Islands through to Tonga, Samoa and nearby islands – NZ - had 5 basic colour categories in the 13th century.
