PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Language Acquisition Device, Frontal Lobe, Cochlear Implant
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Language and thoughts: language development happens early during the lifespan. Sensory system and basic auditory recognition begins prenatally. After birth, young children undergo a relatively rapid rate of language acquisition. Early signs of progression serve as valuable indicators of a child"s well- being, comfort, and developmental trajectory. The general stages of language acquisition are fairly constant between children, but there are still individual differences: tonal languages rely on change in pitch to alter a word"s meaning. English speakers primarily use pitch to convey feelings: grammar refers to the systematic rules of a language. This includes the words, tenses, and syntax, or the structure and consistent ordering of words. B. f. skinner studied human behaviors because it is directly observable and measurable. Skinner defined speech as a verbal behavior and applied theories of operant conditioning to children"s language acquisition, arguing that children begin to gesture or utter phrases and repeat those phrases if reinforced.
