Friday, December 7, 2007

December 7: Language

Today we had the pep assembly so we didn't have as much time as a normal class.

1) Neuron Note. You read answers from last year's Neuron Note and you wrote a new question based on textbook reading. And you got an article on availability heursitic from TIME.

2) Cliches: We talked about insight again and "A-Ha!" moments by looking at a drawing of many goofy pictures for cliches such as: "Time Flies" or "Killing two birds with one stone."

3) Language Notes: We talked about the part of language (phomenes, morphemes, syntax, semantics, grammar), Chomsky vs. Skinner, and the different stages of language development.

4) Discovering Psychology - Language Development: We watched another Philip Z. video. There were some pretty cute kids using language.


Assignments:

1) Chapter 10 pp.413-417 on animals and thinking.

2) Chapters 9 and 10 test is next class on Tuesday, December 11th.

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