PSYC412- Psychological science

• Self-identity is the knowledge of who you are, including interpersonal self, agent self, schema, introspection, self perception theory, looking glass self, social comparison, personal/public identity, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, social identity theory, optimal distinctiveness, self esteem, self deception, self deserving bias, selective focus, selective comparison, selective definition, self presentation, selfie taxonomy, online dating, stress and health, medical model of illness, fight or flight, CHD, lower SES, atherosclerosis, health inequality, individual differences, stress appraisals, P
• Nativist theory includes genetic determinism, universal grammar, and the critical period.
• Nature AND nurture are both parts of usage based theory.
• Motherese is a type of language used by adults to communicate with children.
• Beauty in language can be measured by Cannon Baird, James Lange, Dutton and Aaron, Barclay and Haber, Golden Ratio, and Average Hyp.
• Cognitive factors in language include processing fluency, intrinsic, experience, perceptual, conceptual, and familiarity.
• Pidgins are languages created by adults from different language backgrounds that need to communicate.
• Fusional languages are also a type of sign language.
• Familiarity in language can be measured by Monin, Winkleman, Priming Drinks, Goldinger and Hanse, and Jacoby and Whitehouse.
• Pragmatics is a part of sign language.
• The cocktail party effect is a part of sign language.
• Internal factors that affect language development include autism, learning disability, and DLD.
• The mere exposure effect is a factor in language.
• Exchange is a part of sign language.
• Creoles are more complex languages created by adults from different language backgrounds that need to communicate.
• Sign in language is intentional, indirect, and can be placed in three categories: place, manner, and agglutinative languages.
• Usage based theory includes constructivist, cognitive function, and interactionist.
• Social Economic Status (SES) affects language development, as evidenced by studies by Hart and Risley and Barclay and Haber.
• Multilingualism involves exposure, speaker consistency, code switching, and bilingual delay.
• Behaviorism, blank slate, CC, imitation, and OC are all parts of learning theory.
• Chomsky's work on kids and 16 months for basics, 10 milestones, and nativist theory are all part of sign language.