After reading this article you will learn about the egocentricity in child language. The child starts with babbling and goes through the various stages of acquiring linguistic units and also learning of the rules of grammar. An interesting feature in this whole scheme of development starting from around the third year is, what is called, […]
Egocentricity in Child Language | Forms | Human Behaviour | Psychology
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Acquisition of a Language by the Child: 3 Mechanisms | Child | Psychology
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This article throws light upon the top three mechanisms by which a child acquires a language. The mechanisms are: 1. Conditioning or Reinforcements 2. Imitation 3. Modelling. Mechanism # 1. Conditioning or Reinforcements: The psychologists belonging to the behaviouristic school starting from Watson and very ably represented by Skinner have tended to look at conditioning […]
What is Mental Retardation? | Incapability | Child Psychology
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After reading this article you will learn about the meaning of mental retardation. The term mental retardation is of recent origin and emerged after medical, biological and psychological sciences accumulated enough knowledge. Earlier such people were referred to as “feeble minded or mentally deficient” implying that their conditions could not be improved and their cause […]