PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pitch Contour, Memory Span, Speech Perception
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Psy210 lecture 1 january 7 th , 2016. Scientific study of changes or continuities in an organism between initial conception and death. Field is highly interdisciplinary with important practical and theoretical implications. We will focus mainly on basic research and classic theoretical issues in child psychology, but will also touch upon some applied issues. Basic research seeks to understand development for the sake of science. Applied research has a clear practical application. Can free school meals improve school performance in socio-economically disadvantaged children. Improved safety for firemen and race car drivers. Typically-developing then month olds notice if a speaker sounds stressed or cheerful, and subsequently prefer the formerly happy speaker"s neutral voice over the formerly stressed speakers" stressed voice. Word comprehension at six months of age predicts vocabulary size at 16 months of age. Mothers tend toe exaggerate the pitch contour of the speech input they provide to children, and place important words in sentence-final position.
