PSYC 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: African Grey Parrot, Voice-Onset Time, Speech Perception
7 Mar 2017
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Growth was immigrants to us who had begun learning english as children/adults. stunted. Regained some abilities up to ~toddlers" level: newport: (cid:498)less is more(cid:499)- kid"s limited cognitive abilities. )nfants" auditory preferences are fine-tuned through experience w human language during their earliest months. The first prerequisite for its full-fledged development is a human brain. Much of the language babies hear takes the form of infant-directed speech (ids), which is characterized by a higher-than-normal pitch; extreme shifts in intonation; a warm, affectionate tone; and exaggerated facial expressions: infants have remarkable speech-perception abilities. Like adults, they exhibit categorical perception of speech sounds, perceiving physically similar sounds as belonging to discrete categories. declines. sounds not in their native language. During the 2nd of the 1st year, infants are learning how to interact and communicate w other people, including developing the ability to establish joint attention: infants begin to recognize highly familiar words at ~6mo xi.
