Language is created by people. ... Language is thought to have originated when early hominines started gradually changing their primate communication systems, acquiring the ability to form a theory of other minds and a shared intentionality. ... Functional theories of grammar explain grammatical structures by their communicative functions, and understand the grammatical structures of language to be the result of an adaptive process by which grammar was "tailored" to serve the communicative needs of its users. ... Functionalist theories tend to study grammar as dynamic phenomena, as struc...

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As such, students find it quite hard to sit through a formal lesson when the theory teaching of media studies comes into place. ... I would chose to practice according to William Glasser's Choice Theory which explains that one always has the choice of how to behave. ... As most of these students may have come from various countries and backgrounds where English is not their first language, it is of upmost importance to ensure that my lesson is planned and suitable according to their needs. ... The idea that students have of media studies being a subject that does not need formal teachi...

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The language is furthermore in the genes. ... Differently from nativists, empiricists think that language is entirely learned. ... On one hand psychologists such as Noam Chomsky with his child language acquisition theory can be paralleled to the philosophic nativist theory, while behaviorist psychologists can be strictly related to the nurture vision of empiricist philosophers, such as John Watson with his "Little Albert Experiment". ... In 1960 Chomsky proposed his theory in which he tries to sustain that children are born with an already-acquired language knowledge and moreover wit...

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Whilst paying tribute to Tajfel and Turner's paper on cognitive aspects of conflict (1979 cited in Brown 2007) Billig (2002 cited in Brown 2007) suggests that categories cannot be explained in terms of cognitive psychological theories as we actively construct meanings using the language that happens between us and around us thus making categories flexible and dynamic and open to change. ... This essay will put forward Tajfel and Turner's social identity theory giving their arguments for a cognitive social theory and how it originated. ... Billig argues that this cognitive aspect of ...

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In order to understand the top-down and bottom-up theories, we must understand perception. ... Top-down processing of language happens when someone uses background information to predict the meaning of language. ... It is thought to be an effective way of processing language as it makes the most of what the person brings to the situation (BBC World Services, 2014). ... The bottom-up theory by psychologist E.J. ... Neither the top-down theory nor the bottom-up theory can explain all perception all the time. ...

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Dreams and Freudian Theory Dreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for humankind since the beginning of time. ... Freud called dream-interpretation the "via reggia," or the "royal road" to the unconscious, and it is his theory of dreams that has best stood the test of time over a period of more than seventy years (Many of Freud's other theories have been disputed in recent years). ... The theory of dreams being wish fulfillment has been divided into two groups. ... (Freud, 552-553) Freud explains his theory in an ana...

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Girls develop language skill faster than boys at this age. ... " There are two theorists contribute to child's language development, B.F. ... However, they had different opinions about language development. Skinner insisted that children learn language by imitation and increasing behavior. ... The major contributor of cognitive development theory is Jean Piaget, he believed that early cognitive development occurs through a process where actions prompt thought processes. ...

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Personality theories The working definition of personality means characteristic of the person that account for consistent patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving. ... Concept of trait theory The basic assumption of the trait point of view is that people possess broad predisposition, called traits, to respond in particular ways. ...

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III A Multistyle Approach To Foreign Language Education . ... The test was used so widely it revived interest in the ancient theory of four temperaments because the sixteen Myers - Briggs types fell neatly into the four temperaments of Hippocrates, Adickes, Kretschmer, Spranger and Adler (Keirsey, Bates 1984). ... A Multistyle Approach To Foreign Language Education Studies show that matching teaching styles to learning styles can significantly enhance academic achievement, student attitudes, and student behavior specifically in foreign language instruction (Oxford et al. 1991). .....

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These deficiencies include, but are not limited to: selfishness, conformity, language, and hero worship. ... Charitable actions, it could be argued, do not coincide with this theory. ... This need for superiority can be applied Darwin's theory of evolution; that only the best will survive and mate with other superiors. ... Man's language is insufficient to express the abilities of the human mind. ... However, his language is limited to objects in the nominal world. ...

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Today I am comparing two different theories of personality. ... We will examine Freud's theories on the unconscious mind and the psychoanalytic approach. ... This paper will also contrast the two theories. ... This humanistic theory fits into our personality and how we are read as humans. ... Next theory I am looking into is traits and how they fit into our personality. ...

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Thinking in words, processing language, analyzing problems and ordering things sequentially are a few. ... In 1940 William Sheldon came up with the theory of body types and certain characteristics that each body type has. ... This may be because when Sheldon first developed his theory it was normal for people to have an endomorph body types, but today it isn't as common. ... I could have small conversations with people in both languages. ... This may be because I was able to speak two languages when I was younger. ...

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Many years have passed since the formulation of Freud's theories on human development and structure of psychical apparatus. ... Also, there is always several ways in which the case studies can be interpreted, which makes the resulting theory subjected to the interpreter's bias. ... Q: Another aspect of your theory is the belief that all human motivation is broadly sexual. ... Q: In your theories it is stated that the person's development is over by the fifth year of life. ... In the development of the human brain there are certain critical periods when particular parts of th...

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However, many theories have attempted to explain why personality is consistent and how it changes over time. ... Trait theorists argue that words in the English language provide important information about personality, because any aspect of individual difference would be represented by some relevant words (Eysenck, 1994). ... The psychodynamic theory stresses the importance of childhood development in the construction of personality. ... Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development differs significantly from Freud and Erikson's theory of psycho-sexual and psycho-social stages. ......

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When looking at the needs of humans, a very accepted and respect theory is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. ... The little girl was merely communicating her bodily state in language with little thought. ... Next in Maslow's theory is love needs. In the theory, love needs deal with the need to belong to a group. ... The final step in Maslow's theory is self-actualization. ...

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Personality theories try to explain why people are the way they are; development theories look at how children become adults. ... Hypotheses that Psychologists present are predictions about what is expected to happen if a theory is true. ... First is, Biological, followers of this theory look to the body to explain the mind. ... Seventh, Cultural, this theory addresses cross-cultural differences in the causes and consequences of behavior. ... The human mind and its ability for cognitive mental processes like perception; memory, language, problem solving and abstract thinking are what make ...

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When preparing the materials, we also tried to avoid endorsing certain gender-related behaviors which would reinforce stereotypes which we would not desire in a language classroom. ... When we think about our activities in terms of the approaches to the language learning, we may say that we adopted a blend of psycholinguistic and socio-cultural theory. First of all, we considered the idea that task design determines language use which is a view supported by the psycholinguistic perspective. ... In other words, language learning is not just the processing of input, there are other factors inv...

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Before I started the English Language Teaching (ELT) program at UOB, I had had many different teaching experiences. ... I am more able to adopt ideas, apply activities and reflect on new theories. Some of the assignments have helped me integrate theories with practice. ... McGregor's theories X and Y have had a great impact on my classroom management. A well understanding of theory Y has created a scaffolding classroom in a very collaborative environment. ...

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He was a philosopher and psychologist, but was most well known in the field of psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism, or the functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." ... James grasped the idea of the functionalist theory because he disagreed with Wilhelm Wundt's "atoms of experience". ... Thus becoming the functionalist theory of mental life and behavior and the conclusions he came to with relating to only human life merely scratches the surface...

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Keywords: Brain-Based Learning, Cognitive Style, Learning Theory, Traditional Learning Introduction Cognitive and learning theories are among many the many ways a person obtains knowledge. ... Learning styles (theories) give an understanding of the process and product of learning. ... Learning theories are factors directly affecting students' learning processes. ... One example of a learning theory is brain-based learning. ... One excellent example is immersing students in a foreign culture to teach them a second language. ...

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Since I have not encountered a student with this disorder before; I believe it would be a beneficial area for me to explore in depth and observe the relationship between theory and practice. ... An understanding of the diagnostic methods and the relevant theory relating to Asperger's Syndrome would give a teacher these tools. ... It can be seen from the above reference that a diagnosis of a child with Asperger's Syndrome would need to examine specific aspects of social, language, cognitive and movement skills as well as the quality of the child's individual interests. ......

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The psychodynamic approach emerged around the 1890's through Freud's collection of theories forming its basis. ... The biological approach emerged in the acceptance of Darwin's theory of evolution who published on the "Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" in 1859 (Fitzgerald, et al., 2010). ... It is the study of mental processes happening in the brain such as language, thinking, perception, problem solving, memory, decision-making and attention (Raghunathan, 2012). ... There is also the issue of language barrier ...

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The theory behind subliminal stimuli is that human behavior can be controlled by messages that bypass conscious perception and operates directly on the unconscious, ultimately influencing ones behavior. ... Visual embeds are a strong and frequently used language in the media and in advertising. ... The basis of this modern media effectiveness, Key describes " as a language within a language, which communicates to each of us at a level beneath our consciences awareness, one that reaches into the uncharted mechanism of the human unconscious" (Key, 1973). He believed that it was this languag...

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There are many studies and theories on how strokes can affect the human body in regards to cognition, behavior, and emotion. ... Both groups showed to take longer in the reaction times than their control group but right hemisphere patients were much slower on simple reaction time tests; this theory has been backed up by other studies as well showing similar results. ... Aphasia is a disruption in a person's ability to use language to communicate with others. ... In addition, the difficulties experienced may range from very mild " the person may have slight difficulties naming thin...

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By looking into their theories and experiments we will endeavor to evaluate how well these models explain the mental processes involve in auditory attention and how we can understand better the cognitive theories regarding attention. ... Treisman's model, as well as, Brodbent's model is considered as early selection theory. The above bottleneck/early selection theories have drawbacks when it comes to real life scenarios. ... The aforementioned theories attempted to explain the unseen brain processes that take place when we pay attention to auditory stimuli. ... In particular, neur...

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