when will this be useful

reading: define “linguist”

someone who looks at your behaviour when you’re reading or talking

reading: define “sociologist”

someone who looks at language in society, how it changes, how different languages interact together

reading: define “educational settings”

looking at how teachers and material interact/affect language learning

reading: define “psycholinguist

• someone who looks at how the mind affects language, language development and acquisition

• they look at babies’s linguistic, cognitive and social development

reading: define “experimental scientists”

someone who looks at behaviour during complicated tasks

reading: define “psycholinguist”

someone who study how we use, comprehend and learn by separating and mixing languages

reading: what’s the difference between linguist, sociolinguist, psychologist, psycholinguistic and neurologist/neurolinguist?

• linguist: look at behaviour when reading or talking

• sociolinguist: language in society, how it changes, how they interact

• psychologist: how the mind affects language, language development and acquisition

• psycholinguist: how we use language

• neurolinguist and neurologist: look at brain activity of bilinguals and how the brain handles speaking 2 languages

reading: define “neurologist and neurlinguist”

• observe brain activity of bilinguals when doing or processing task

• look at how the brain handles speaking 2 languages while considering different factors

reading: define “developmental-based changes”

during certain moments that are set genetically, the developing brain undergoes changes related to maturation and experiences

reading: define “critical period”

development period where you needed to received adequate stimulus or the development will slow down or not happen

reading: what is found on a neuron? (4)

• cell body: produces and collects electrical signals

• axon: transfers information from the cell body to other neurons

• synapse: connection between 2 neurons formed by the terminal

• dendrite: collect electrical potential by previous neuron

reading: define “cell body”

produces and collects electrical signals

reading: define “axon”

transfers information from the cell body to other neurons

reading: define “synapse”

connection between 2 neurons formed by the terminal

reading: define “dendrite”

collect electrical potential by previous neuron

reading: define “repeated coactivation of neurons”

“neurons that wire together fire together”

reading: define “synaptogenesis”

creation of new synapses

reading: put the locations in order according to the new creation synapse timeline and explain why this is the order

• parietal and temporal association cortex

• prefrontal cortex

• sensory and motor areas

1. motor and sensory areas

2. parietal and temporal cortex

3. prefrontal cortex

• babies need motor and sensory skills before anything else

reading: what’s the difference between blooming and pruning?

• blooming: rapid formation of new synaptic connections to be able to respond to the environment

• pruning: being born with a lot of synapses, those that aren’t used will be destroyed so the brain can specialize In a specific environment

reading: define “blooming”

rapid formation of new synaptic connections to be able to respond to the environment

reading: define “pruning”

being born with a lot of synapses, those that aren’t used will be destroyed so the brain can specialize In a specific environment

reading: true or false: pruning only happens once (after birth when the brain gets rid of unnecessary connections)

false: it happens during your entire life

reading: define “myelination”

coating the axons with myelin (fatty substance) to speed up the conduction of electrical signals

reading: what is the difference between the myelination that happens when you are a kid VS when you are a teenager?

• kid: myelination focuses on basic function regions (spinal cord, sensory and motor regions)

• teen: myelination focuses on integrative systems (cortical and subcortial areas)