PSY 2401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bonobo, Noam Chomsky, Determinism
17 Sep 2018
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It is symbolic: sounds, signs, gestures refer to objects in world, displacement. Not currently visible or present: structure. Rules that govern combinations of symbols: generative. Ability to combine a specific set of words for infinite ideas: nonhuman primate communication, vervet monkey alarm calls. A lot of species can do this. There are different alarm calls and escape strategies: kanzi comprehension (bonobo) Bird learns the other animal"s raptor call. Communicate with one another by using a specially designed set of symbols that stand for a wide variety of objects, people, and actions: hemispheric difference in language processing, left hemisphere specialization. This speaks to the brain not causing" language (i. e. needs to mature to be able to speak and produce language); co-development of behavior and brain. 2: adults who learned a second language at 1 to 3 years of age show the normal pattern of greater left-hemisphere activity.
