What is meant by a "perceptual map" for language and how does it develop?
What will be an ideal response?
A perceptual map forms that represents similarities among sounds and helps the infant learn to discriminate among different phonemes. These maps form quickly; 6-month-old children of English-speaking parents already have auditory maps different from infants in non–English-speaking homes, as measured by neuron activity in response to different sounds (Kuhl et al., 2006). By their first birthday, the maps are complete, and infants are less able to discriminate sounds that are not important in their own language.
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Which of the following is the best definition of a model?
A) Logically organized conceptualization of a phenomenon based upon observation B) An unprovable assumption about the processes that underlie a phenomenon C) An innate idea about a phenomenon D) A structural foundation that is required for scientific thought
People's spontaneous self-descriptions are most likely to include
a. their age, regardless of their social surroundings. b. their gender, regardless of their social surroundings. c. characteristics that set them apart from others in the immediate vicinity. d. characteristics that make them seem similar to others in the immediate vicinity.