Sounds of Words - Practice Homework 3 Problems | Psych 156, Assignments of Philosophy of psychiatry

Download Sounds of Words - Practice Homework 3 Problems | Psych 156 and more Assignments Philosophy of psychiatry in PDF only on Docsity! Psych156A/ Ling150 Homework 3: Sounds of Words 1) Sigmund von Hacklestein was very impressed by the idea that speakers of a language have a native language filter like the Functional Reorganization Hypothesis claims. But he was a little unsure how exactly this would help children learn the words of their language. Briefly explain to Sigmund why a filter for native language perceptual categories (phonemes) would be helpful to children learning words. (Note: Sigmund often finds it easier to understand an explanation if you give him a specific example to illustrate your point.) [3 pts] 2) Stager & Werker (1997) found that 14 month olds performed differently in a variety of novel word-learning experiments. Below are two figures representing different experiments in that series. (a) Briefly describe the results of these two experiments. [2 pts] (b) What was the crucial difference between these two experiments? Why would this difference cause the results that Stager & Werker found? [3 pts] 3) Being Neighborly (a) Sigmund von Hacklestein heard some of his friends talking about word neighbors when they were discussion the sound of words that children know. Give an example of a word and a “neighboring” word. [1 pt] (b) Briefly describe to Sigmund what the neighborhood structure idea is, as it concerns learning the sounds of words. [1 pt] (c) How would the neighborhood structure idea account for the results of the Stager & Werker (1997) experiments with 14 month olds? Make sure to identify which experiment(s) would show the neighborhood effect, and why they would show it. [3 pts]