1. An Introduction to Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Psychology Andrea Norkus EN493

2. A Brief Overview • The study of Psycholinguistics • Acquisition of language • Mind • Psychological factors • Brain • Neurobiological factors • The cognitive process • Jean Piaget • Developmental Psychology Jean Piaget

3. More on Piaget’s Theories of Developmental Psychology • Piaget’s theory involved four stages for development which include: • Sensorimotor stage (Birth- age 2) • Preoperational stage (Ages 2-7) • Concrete operational stage (Ages 7-12) • Formal operational stage (Ages 12+)

4. Psycholinguistics: A Disciplinary Study Developmental Psycholinguistics Neuropsychology Deals with the structure and functions of the brain Psychological processes Overlapping disciplines Psychiatry Philosophy Biological sciences • Applies to young children and infants grasp of understanding and comprehension—linked to Piaget’s studies of cognition

5. How Do We Study Psycholinguistics Best • Social Cognition • Involves noting the psychological and social effects on a person’s development through engagement with others • Involving— • Encoding • Storage • Retrieval When children’s growing awareness is furthered—showing a link between correctness and validity, the child will then use the processes of objectification, reflection, and abstraction to justify what they have “learned” or acquired.

6. Relationship Between language and Thought • John B. Watson • Thinking sub vocal speech •  The Whorfian hypothesis of linguistic determinism: • The human cognitive processes possess a “general logical structure” which operates prior to and independently of communication through language is mistaken • Whorf noted that different languages emphasize in their structure rather different aspects of the world.  • General logical structure (innate in all human beings) John B. Watson

7. Relationship of Language And Thought To Psycholinguistics Thought: Psychology Language: Grammar “Cognition is not a synonym for language” Language and thought Verbal Non-Verbal Language and development Intrapersonal Interpersonal • Consists of three types of “rules” • Syntactic • Word order and inflection (tone) • Semantic • Meaning of sentences • Phonological • Sound structure of sentences

8. Chomsky’s Influence • Competence versus Performance • Competence • Demonstrates abstract knowledge gained by an individual • Performance • Concerns the application of the individuals knowledge in terms of speaking, listening, or writing Noam Chomsky *The Psychology of Language and Thought, Noam Chomsky interviewed by Robert W. Rieber. In Robert W. Rieber (ed.), Dialogues on the Psychology of Language and Thought, Plenum, 1983 http://www.chomsky.info/interviews/1983----.htm

9. Thank you Andrea Norkus EN493