PSYCHOLOGY - LANGUAGE & THE MIND - PSY302/PSY502 Spring 2021
Course

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Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. INTRODUCTION: HUMAN LANGUAGE and MIND: THINKING and SPEAKINGINTRODUCTION: HUMAN LANGUAGE and MIND: THINKING and SPEAKING |
2. Origins of modern man and languageThe origins |
3. How humans invent languageClass 3 How humans invent language |
4. Language and the brain |
5. Mapping language in the brainMapping language in the brain |
6. The SEA of SOUNDSSounds, symbols and meanings |
7. MidtermMidterm Discussion of research proposals |
8. LEARNING: FROM SOUNDS to WORDS, part IINFANTS’ LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: LEARNING WORDS, part I |
9. Learning wordsInfants' language acquisition |
10. LEARNING CATEGORIES and LEARNING CONSTRAINTSLEARNING CATEGORIES and LEARNING CONSTRAINTS |
11. LANGUAGE LOGIC: Building sentences |
12. LANGUAGE DIVERSITY and UNIVERSALS |
13. Language diversity: CONCEPTS and CULTURELanguage diversity, part II |
14. Student ProjectsStudent Projects |
15. LESSON 12: MEMORY and CULTURAL DIVERSITYLESSON 12: MEMORY and CULTURAL DIVERSITY |