W2 Language Flashcards
Explain the key components of
language.
Symbolic: meaningless sounds/forms -> meaning.
Intentional
Has rules/grammar
Open ended
Shared understanding
Recursion
Critically evaluate the claim that other
species have language.
Does they have, Symbolic meaning, Intentionality, Rules/grammar, Open ended, Shared understanding, Recursion?
Which fields of psych see Human Uniqueness?
Cognitivists, humanists, evo psychologists.
What is recursion?
Addition of information at the of the phrase or nested in the middle
What could Washoe communicate, and what were the problems with the study?
Common chimp. American Sign Language
125 words.
- Only respond, not spontaneous use
- Interpretation of signs
- Jane Goodall, all gestures familiar
- Data not available for scrutiny
- 25, not 125 words
- Water Bird, not Waterbird
What could Koko communicate, and what were the problems with the study?
Gorilla, 375 signs. Clever Hans effect?
How was Project Nim Chimpskey?
Inconclusive, Drilled in, no grammar, action/object
How did Pinker compare chimp language vs a 3 year old’s language?
Nim Chimpsky: “Nim eat, Nim eat”
Human: “We going turn light on so you can’t see”
What did the Kanzi study do?
The glyphs with sound.
What are the Types of recursion?
Tail recursion, True recursion.
What did starlings do which seemed like recursion?
AAAABBBB calls.
ABABA
What could African Grey
parrots do?
Alex exhibited math skills that
were considered advanced in animal intelligence,
developing his own “zero-like” concept in
addition to being able to infer the connection
between written numerals, objects sets, and the
vocalization of the number
