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There is disagreement in the field about how "multicultural competence" should be defined. Some of its components have been argued to include: culture-specific skills and knowledge; awareness of own
Children who are bilingual present challenges to parents, teachers, and others that may be working with the child.
Do you agree more with Chomsky's perspective that language is acquired through innate ability (language acquisition device), or Skinner's perspective that language is a learned behavior that gets co
How does language (gestures, symbols, vocalizations, written and drawn symbols) impact our ability to think and to develop a concept of self hood? Would we be able to complete cognitive functions wi
Can attention be consciously allocated to tasks? Why or why not? What is the relationship between attention and cognition?
Cognition and neuroscience are two vastly different schools. Why do you think it is beneficial to explain behavior and conditioning by combining the two?
Differentiate the generative property of language. Processes involved in speech analysis: acoustic and articulatory components of words are described in relation to generative property of language.
Provides at least one example of the relationship between learning and cognition.
Some areas for research and discussion will be expressive/receptive language, brain development and cognitive abilities, cultural influence and gender sterotyping.
If repetition by communication is the key to language, would children that are isolated or be deterred in being able to communicate later? How so?
Are we to assume that the acquisition of language can not be complete without both the genetics and the environment? If so, if one part is missing, can we acquire language in some form? How so?
Why does it matter that children hear a large quantity of language from their caregivers? Wouldn't watching TV be good enough?
One of the concepts this week is the critical periods of language acquisition. If there is a critical period for language, what might this fact imply about learning multiple languages in school?
What is the relationship between learning and cognition? Provide a specific example.
What factors affect language acquisition? Which factor do you believe has the largest influence on language acquisition? Explain why.
What are some examples of language aphasias? How do language aphasias help physiological psychologists understand the production and comprehension of language?
Cognitive development in the brain has the largest influence on language acquisition, because variations in the initial brain structure can make qualitative differences in language acquisition.
The Language Acquisition Device (LAD) is a theorized concept of the organic brain to (in part or whole) function as a congenital device for learning and processing symbolic language
Is there any research comparing first language acquisition to learning a second language (or third, or fourth...)? Are the cognitive and neurological processes the same regardless the number of lang
About linguistic determination and linguistic relativity?How many words for snow do Eskimos have?( Please tell what are they).
After returning from a shopping trip with his mother, little Bobby reported, I goed to the store and eated candy. Why might a behaviorist such as B. F. Skinner have had some difficulty explaining Bo
Do our thoughts require expression in the form of language? Is it possible to think in the absence of language? Why or why not? How are our thoughts represented?
By studying abroad, or surrounding oneself by people who speak another language, many people do learn a second language, for example, by immersion. Do you think this is an effective way to learn? Wh
Language is the way we communicate. We may communicate verbally or non-verbally. In thinking, we don't get to see any non-verbal communication. What do you think are the pros and the cons of this wa
Explain the relationship between social perception and social cognition, and how these concepts apply to your selected ethnic groups.