PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Language Acquisition, Acculturation, Parenting Styles
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Cultural differences could be due to acculturation and the environment where a person lives and grow up. Culture is adapted at the early age through experiences in the environment. Humans compared to chimpanzee are able to learn and accumulate cultural information so well. The ability to acquire cultural knowledge allowed us to succeed in a diverse environment. Learning about technologies and skills in order to survive in a diverse environment. We are not born with cultural knowledge and skills, we learn about them throughout our lives. There are certain biological potential in humans that other species do not have, which enable us to gain cultural knowledge and learn skills. Our identity is influenced by the environment into which we are socialized. Sensitive period - a time period in an organism"s development that allows easy acquisition of a set of skills. It is easier to learn and master a language during the sensitive period.
