Give an example of what happens during triadic engagement?
Person 1 attends to object/event ---> Person 2 attends to object/event ---> person 1& 2 realise that 1 and 2 are true ---> They communicate about object/event.
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What is an intention according to Tomasello?
A plan of action the organism chooses and commits itself to in pursuit of a goal ---> an intention includes both a means (action plan) and a goal.
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What is the continuity problem with relation to Universal Grammar?
Children learn language gradually as opposed to all at once as suggested by UG.
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What is the linking problem with regards to Universal Grammar?
Language universals are too general to be helpful and some are too abstract and complicated.
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How does the notion of 'Inateness of social attention' support social cognition?
To attend to others'mental states we rely on social cues e.g. gaze following, voices etc. ---> Starts early in development ---> ears tuned to freq of human voices ---> humans have prominent sclera.
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How does grammar acquisition support social cognition?
UG claims all grammar learned by age 6 then fixed ---> evidence shows can change over lifespan ---> 18-24 yo can learn novel syntactic rules.
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How does Tomasello explain Autism?
Poorly developed social skills (shared intentionality) ---> can understand goals but can't do this spontaneously ---> lack motivation to share intentions and mental states.
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How does the idea that social cognition is unique support social cognition?
Nim Chimpsky - bad at grammar & interrupted teachers - primates lack social skills. ---> children outperform primates on test of social skills ---> intention sharing but not understanding (barrier & ultimatum game).
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Which 2 things does Tomasello believe lead to language?
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According to Tomasello what makes human cognition unique?
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