PSYC1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Language Development, Honey Bee, George Orwell
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Info in language is usually carried by the consonants. Morpheme = smallest meaningful unit of language (combo of phonemes) Syntax - how we order words in a sentence. Semantics - deriving meaning from morphemes, words, sentences. Learn words without explicitly being taught (learn from exposure). Skinner/bruner = nurture - association + imitation + reinforcement (lass). Chomsky = nature - universal grammar underlying (lad). George orwell big brother novel - newspeak to control thought. Changing the language to control peoples thoughts/ideas - removed bad and replaced with un- good. Based on linguistic determinism" = the language you speak shapes your ideas+thoughts - at least in uences. Have word for 1, 2 and many, therefore can"t conceive numbers greater than 2. Sea otter - opens muscle by bashing on rock (keep good rock = planning) Insight learning - chimp in experiment stacks boxes to reach fruit, uses short stick to get long stick to get fruit out of reach (not instinctual)
