Psikologi: Bahasa/Language

Apa itu Bahasa?

Language is a system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas & experiences.

Language is hierarchical and governed by rules.  Hierarchical itu seperti kita boleh buat ayat jadi panjang, panjang dan panjang. Governed by rules ialah kita ada hukum grammar semua tu.

Language itu UNIVERSAL
 dimana sahaja ada manusia, akan terjadi komunikasi.
Contoh,
-Sign Language telah direka kerana orang kurang pendengaran ingin berkomunikasi.
-Semua manusia mengikut hukum grammar walaupun kompleks.
-Semua cultures ada language tersendiri.
-Language development is the same across all culture where baby start to babbling around 7 months.
-All different languages are unique, but same. Same in terms of noun etc etc.

B.F. Skinner (behaviourist psychologist) vs Noam Chomsky (linguistics)

B.F. Skinner cakap language dipelajari melalui sistem reinforcement dimana ia menekankan budak budak belajar language through rewards and punishment.

Tetapi, Noam Chomsky tidak bersetuju dan mengatakan human language is coded into the genes. Dia nak kaitkan kita ni belajar language ada related dengan mind dan bukan melalui sistem reinforcement. Contoh konkrit beliau ialah terdapat budak-budak yang boleh mengatakan 'I hate my mom' that is not being taught to them or reinforced by parents.

Ini telah melahirkan bidang 'Psycholinguistics' yang menekankan kajian terhadap 4 perkara:

1) Comprehension- how people understand
2)Speech Production
3) representation- How language is presented in the mind and brain.
4) Acquisition- How do people learn language.



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