Instead it seems that we are prepared to learn words very quickly without reinforcement and one way that this occurs is what’s called fast mapping. It just simply couldn’t be the case that that mom and dad sit down and reinforce every single correct word that the child uses. Now this brings up some questions about the conditioning approach, right? If we try to explain this using behaviorism, we see that it’s far too rapid for each individual word to be reinforced or punished, right? Within their first few years children are able to learn thousands of words.
One thing that happens is children acquire vocabulary and they acquire vocabulary very, very rapidly. In the previous video I mentioned that children seem to naturally acquire the language that they’re exposed to so in this video I want to go into a little more detail on this process of language development. Hi, I’m Michael Corayer and this is Psych Exam Review. The Wug Test demonstration with Steven Pinker: There is a critical period for language development and children who are deprived of language and do not have sufficient exposure before age 7 may be unable to ever fully develop linguistic fluency.ĭon’t forget to subscribe to the channel to see future videos! Have questions or topics you’d like to see covered in a future video? Let me know by commenting or sending me an email!Ĭheck out my psychology guide: Master Introductory Psychology, a low-priced alternative to a traditional textbook: Errors of overgeneralization reveal that by age 4 or 5 children already have an understanding of grammatical rules and are able to apply these rules to new words, which can also be demonsrated in the Wug Test. Children learn thousands of words within a matter of a few years and they seem to effortlessly pick up and apply the rules of grammar, first in their telegraphic speech and later in more complex sentences. In this video I provide an overview of language development in children.
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