PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Patricia K. Kuhl, Synaptic Pruning, Joint Attention

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC100
• Professor: Agnes R.Ly

Document Summary

System of communication that follows a particular set of rules. Sentences -> phrases -> words -> morphemes (smallest meaningful units of a word) ( syntax & semantics ) If area is damaged, then there are problems with the production of speech, they can receive the language, but cannot speak and make sense. Damaged, can produce speech but it"s nonsensical, they can"t understand what people are saying and can"t comprehend speech, meaning of speech is lost. Ex: outside look up both look up, jointly attending to looking up. In person sessions of mandarin with children express joint-attention, video displayed of mandarin to children is not very interactive so not as e ective. Perceptual narrowing - over time loose the ability to distinguish between language sounds that you are not exposed to. Perceptual broadening - becoming better at one"s native language. Crystallized intelligence - accumulation of facts and knowledge of things one is becoming an expert in, flattens out.