1. Intro
In this module, we will learn about how baby think and discover
What else, language is learned
2. Development
Basic question:
- Morality
- Continuity
- Knowledge, how much do we have and how much do we need to learn
Jean Piaget
The development of knowledge?
- Think model differ in different stage
- It is changed in the life when human grow
Development Stage 4 stages
- Sensorimotor 0-2
first 2 year, gather information, no reason
- Pre-operational 2-7
Reasoning develops, but not high
they think the world they see is everyone see
- Concrete operational 7-12
More logical thought, inability to reason abstractly
- Formal operational 7-adult
Scientific reasoning
How to study infants?
- Brain scan
- Sucking
- Looking
Infants are smarter than we think, they have common sense about calculation (add, minus)
Born good or bad? 70% do good thing
Baby gradually know others can’t know their thoughts
Explanation:
- The connection between neuron changes
- different module
Why study development?
- many problem are original in child time
3. Language
What is language, here we talk about human language like English, Dutch…
Basic Facts
- 6000 languages
- instinctive
- Pidgin to creole, from informal language to a real language
- creativity
Language Structure
- Phonology
How to pause in sentence
- Morphology
Dog has week connection between the real thing ‘Dog’ described
Morpheme: the smallest meaningful unit
- Syntax, rules
Recursion make language infintie
Language Acquistion
We are born with knowledge?
Development and learning
Both the three structure.
Baby can hear more subtle differences than adults
If you start learning English after 3, very hard to get real fluent
Language and thought
- Does language change the way you think?
- Is language necessary for abstract thought?
4. Reflection
大脑是一个进化的过程，我们想要研究大脑，可以从婴儿时期开始研究
许多心理学上的问题其根源都可以在婴儿时期找到根脚
语言是非常重要的一个部分，人类的语言很复杂