PSY 4130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Ulric Neisser, Noam Chomsky, Language Acquisition Device
3 May 2016
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Includes concepts such as memory, concept formation, attention, reasoning, problem solving, mental imagery, judgement and language. Memory influenced by personal, cognitive themes/schema that mechanical laws of association. Children interaction w environment became more complex, adaptive as its cognitive structure becomes more articulated thru maturation and experience. Theory based on idea developing child builds cognitive structures based on schema, building blocks of knowledge that determine quality of one"s interaction w environment. Sensorimotor: birth-2 yrs, understand world thru sense and actions. Preoperational: 2-7 yrs, understand world thru symbol and mental images. Concrete operational: 7-12 yrs, understand world thru logical thinking + categories. Formal operational: 12, hypothetical thinking, scientific reasoning. Study of structure and function of info processing systems. Started info theory: various transformations information goes thru as it enters communication system as it operates within the system. Human brain genetically programmed to generate language. Brain = language acquisition device, making it easy for kid to learn rules of language.
