PSYC 100 Lecture 1: PSYC100 Lesson Notes - Winter

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jill Atkinson

Document Summary

Describe the differences between language and communication. Identify the three key properties of human language: describe the components of language: phonemes, morphemes, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Explain how speech is produced, interpreted in the brain, and understood: discuss the categorical perception of phonemes. Identify the skills required in learning how to read. Explain how language develops: describe the sequence of language development milestones (cooing, babbling, single word and two word stage) Interpret what under- and over-extension and overgeneralization tell us about how children learn language: describe theories of language acquisition (nativist vs. interactionist theories, apply theories of language acquisition to word learning and grammatical development. Interpret evidence from language learning in atypical environments (wild/isolated children; creolization, e. g. , nicaraguan sign language) with respect to theoretical debates. Interpret outcomes of animal language learning studies (washoe, kanzie, alex) (cid:449)ith (cid:396)espe(cid:272)t to a(cid:374)i(cid:373)als" (cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455) to de(cid:448)elop la(cid:374)guage-like system of communication and the uniqueness of the human capacity for language.