Psychology 6

What was Piaget's theory on Language and Thought?

• Language depends on thought

• Thoughts depend on Language

Piaget's Language and Thought Theory...

A child must first be able to use i___(s) and c______(s) before being able to use l_______.

Egocentric Speech is the r________ of words before u____________ the concepts behind the words.

The purpose of adult communication is to convey i___(s) and i__________. You must understand specific words that are used before applying them to c__________.

What was Sapir-Whorf's theory?

• Thinking depends on language

• Language depends on thinking

• Language depends on thought

• Thought depends on Language

Sapir-Whorf's Theory...

What influences the way people perceive and think about the world?

What determines the types of thoughts people are able to have?

Language influences the way people remember, What?

What year was Carmichael's experiment?

Carmichael's Experiment...

The experiment conducted in ____ showed a series of n_______ picture's to t__ groups of participants.

The pictures were l_______ d__________ for each group.

When asked to d___ the picture from m_____, it was found that the l____ had influenced the participants memory of it.

Colour Recognition...

Zuni Tribe: -

Only used one term for the y_____ o_____ region of the colour spectrum.

Shown a coloured c___ and asked to l_____ the chip amongst other chips.

They performed better if there was a s_____ colour name.

Himba Tribe: -

Conducted by G________

They have the same word for g____ and b___

They have different words to distinguish between shades of g____

They were shown __ green squares and _ blue square and they had d________y indicating the odd square

They were shown __ green squares, 1 for a l_____r shade and could e_____ identify the odd square

Select all of the functions of Animal Communication...

• Survival

  and

  Alarm Calls

• Mate Selection

• Territory

• Finding Food and the whereabouts of others

• Illness

  or Injury

The Waggle dance..

Who conducted the Bee Study?

What is used by bees in the waggle dance?

The bees waggle their bodies in the direction of What?

How is distance communicated?

Why would the bees dance for longer?

(only commas between answers not words)

Properties of Human / Animal Communication...

Human = S_____(s) and Symbols

Symbols = Sound, g______(s), m_______(s) or written words

Non Humans Communicate in the p______ tense and Humans can communicate in P___, P______ and F_____ Tense

Humans can discuss the possible f_____ outcomes based on p______ situations and expected o______(s).

Darwin said that communication is e___________, it has e______ and adapted. All mammals show e______ though facial expressions and that non-verbal communication is i_____.

The evidence for this is that b____ children since birth display the same f_____ expressions as s______ children.

A study conducted in 2___ by M________ looked at blind and sighted j___ players who produced the same f_____ expressions in certain emotional situations.