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Explore cognition as a term encompassing various mental processes like reasoning, decision-making, and problem-solving. Learn about cognitive growth theories by Piaget, Vygotsky, and others and their relation to language and culture. Understand how self-perspectives and adverbs influence language comprehension.
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English for Psychology Part I
Grammar • Present Simple (v1, vs, do/does (not)) • Modals (must, should, would,may) • Relating verbs (to be: am, is,are) • Self-perspectives usingopinions (believe, think) • Using conjunctions (addition (and),contradiction (but/yet), causal-effectrelationship (if... Then/so) • Adverbs of Manner (adj + -ly)
Passage • Cognition (is/am/are)a general term referring to thinking, reasoning, decisionmaking, remembering, categorizing, and problem solving. • The theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, and others (provide/provides)a useful (framework/frameworks) for conceptualizing cognitive growth and development and (its/it’s) relationshipto language and culture.
Passage • A classmate (have/has)a personal problem with self-esteem. • Smart students (learning/learn/learns)a language are indicated by theirstrong cognitive growth. • Sociocultural competence (is/am/are)influential in the language.
Expressions • To what extent do/does (pronoun) + (base verb)? (how far / how much) Ex: To what extent do you get on with others? • What makes (pronoun) + (adjective)? Ex: What makes you unfamiliar with others’ idea?