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Sensitive Periods (Language acquisition (Studies: (Babbling (children…

- - - - English babies at 6-8 months can distinguish between ba and ba (Hindi language), but at 10-12 months they cannot
      - the inability to detect differences is predicted by age
    - - children attempt to match the sounds they hear
      - repetition babbling: universal sound, babies make around 6 months
      - jargon babbling: culturally shaped, gibberish around 1 year
    - - Chinese and Korean immigrant in the US for 10 years
      - English proficiency scores
      - scores significantly decreased once the individual passed adolescence
    - - if learned early on...first and second languages are processed in the same regions
      - if learned much later...second language is processed in different region than the first
    - - missed the sensitive period for learning and were never able to learn
- - - - those who arrived before age 15...had greater identification with Canadian culture as time went on
      - those who arrived before age 30, no relationship between time spent and Canadian identification
      - those who arrived after age 30, had less identification with Canadian culture as time went on
    - - Westerner's
        
        linear thinking: trends and predicts in linear fashion
      - Easterner's
        
        dialectical thinking: multiple dynamics, non-linear