Web Resources

Chapter 9

Language

Language - Definition and Overview

Grammar

Semantics

Syntax

Symbol

Concept

Ambiguity

Language Units

Phonemes

Morphemes

Words

Sentences

Stages of Language Development

Language Acquisition - Overview

Babbling

One-Word Stage (Holophrases)

More on One-word Stage

Two-word Grammar

Telegraphic Speech

Chomsky's LAD

Nativist Theories of Language Acquisition

Non-Nativist Theories

Arguments for the Innateness of Language Learning

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

Animal Language

Primate Studies - Overview

Premack Studies

Washoe

Koko

Koko - Online Video

Kanzi

Nim Chimpsky

Intelligence

Intelligence - Definition and Overview

Charles Spearman - Biography and Works

Spearman's Classic Article on General Intelligence

Raymond B. Cattell - Biography

Cattell's Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence

Howard Gardner - Biography

Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Measuring Intelligence

History of Intelligence Testing

Francis Galton - Biography

Francis Galton - Complete Works

Galton's Book - Hereditary Genius

Alfred Binet - Biography

Stanford-Binet IQ Test

Mental Age

Thurstone's Critique of Mental Age

Lewis Terman - Biography

Terman's Autobiography

David Wechsler - Biography

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC)

Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI)

Raven's Progressive Matrices

Online IQ Test That Mimics the Raven Test

The Flynn Effect

Extremes of Intelligence

Marilyn Savant

Terman's Termites

Intellectual Handicap

Down's Syndrome

PKU

Lead Exposure and Cognitive Impairment

Preventing Childhood Lead Poisoning

Cretinism

Hydrocephalus

Heritability of IQ

Inheritance of Intelligence

Thomas Bouchard - Biography

Minnesota Twins Project

Race And Intelligence

The Bell Curve

Eugenics

Problem Solving

Human Problem Solving

Amos Tversky - Biography and Works

Daniel Kahneman - Biography

Algorithms

Heuristics

Functional Fixedness

Expert Systems

Intuition

Representativeness Heuristic

Availability Heuristic

Framing Errors

Loss Aversion

Brainstorming

Creativity

Creativity - Overview and Definition

J. P. Guilford - Biography and Theories

Convergent and Divergent Thinking

The Creative Act - Marcel Duchamp