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what is quine (1960) mapping problem?

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pointing and naming objects can lead to underextension and overextension

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what did goldin-meadow et al (1976) discover about comprehension?

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2 year olds comprehend 2-3x more words than they can produce

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at what age do bergelson & swingley (2012;2013) say children start comprehending nouns and verbs?

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comprehend nouns at 6 months and verbs at 10 months

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what did nelson (1973) discover about early noun bias?

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40% of children’s first 50 words are nouns, even in verb-friendly languages

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what is tomasello’s (2003) socially mediated word learning?

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words are easier to learn if the teacher’s social intentions are clear

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how does socially mediated word learning link with early noun bias?

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social intentions are clearer with nouns

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what are the two main production errors?

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underextension and overextension

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what did rescorla (1980) say is the most common production error?

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overextension

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what is gentner’s (1982) natural partitions hypothesis?

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nouns are easier to identify in space and time than verbs

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what are the 4 innate constraints to language learning?

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  • object constraint
  • whole object constraint
  • principle of contrast
  • mutual exclusivity
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what is gentner’s (1982) object constraint?

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infants assume words refer to objects

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what is markman’s (1991) whole object constraint?

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infants assume a word refers to the whole object and not it’s parts

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what is clark’s (1995) principle of contrast?

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no two words have exactly the same meaning

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what is markman’s (1988) mutual exclusivity?

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infants assume objects only have one name

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what is gleitman’s (1990) syntactic bootstrapping hypothesis?

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infants rely on syntax to determine the meaning of words

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what did brown (1957) discover in their ‘sib’ experiment?

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infants used syntax to determine the meaning of ‘to sib’, ‘a sib’ and ‘sib’

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what did gelman & markman (1985) find in their ‘fep’ experiment?

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4 year olds pick different objects of same category for adjectives ‘the fep one’ and pick different objects for nouns ‘the fep’

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what did waxman & booth (2001) discover about categories and properties?

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children extend nouns to categories but not properties, but do not extend adjectives to categories or properties

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when do structural cues appear?

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early for nouns but later for other words

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what did naigles (1990) discover about verbs?

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2 year olds use structural cues to narrow down verb meanings

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what is tomasello’s (2003) socio-pragmatic approach?

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children learn words and meaning from pragmatic cues in the environment

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how do pragmatic cues help word learning?

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they remove ambiguity from words

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what does the socio-pragmatic approach say is needed instead of innate constraints?

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socio-cognitive skills and interaction with the environment

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in which 2 ways does the socio-pragmatic approach say word learning is constrained?

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the structured social world (routines, games) and the socio-cognitive skills infants have (joint attention, intention reading)

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how do ratner & bruner (1978) say infants learn language?

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they learn almost all language from cultural routines (books, feeding)

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how do lieven et al (1994) say infants learn language?

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they learn language from familiar contexts

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how does intention reading help language learning?

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world learning occurs when infants attempt to interpret the communicative intent of others

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what did baldwin (1993) say about shared common ground?

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it reduces the number possible referents

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what did tomasello & barton (1994) discover about novel referents?

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infants understand novel referent refers to the object the adult is looking for rather than ones they have rejected

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what did tomasello & kruger (1992) discover about anticipation?

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infants interpret adults anticipation of what will happen and learn verbs relating to the anticipated action

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what did tomasello & barton (1994) discover about accidental and intentional actions?

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infants can differentiate between accidental and intentional actions when learning about verbs

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