Language is an important instrument that allows us to communicate with people. Without any sort of language, it would be impossible to communicate with others. Exposure to language during our childhood is important for our development because that is when our language begins to develop. This was especially clear in the case of Genie which occurred in the city of Los Angeles, California. Genie was a 13-year-old girl kept in isolation for more than 10 years without knowing any form of language. Her parents abused her whenever she tried to vocalize and kept her isolated from everyone. She was found and was put in the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, where psychologists ran a series of test to try to find out whether Genie could still be able
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For example, work by Tamis-LeMonda, Bornstein and Baumwell (2001) wanted to find out how maternal responsiveness affects the child’s motivation to communicate at a particular age. The infants were around the ages of 9 months. Since this was a longitudinal study, the same infants were looked at again between the ages of 13 and 14 months. The study focused on how the mother showed emotional support, talked about descriptions of objects, prompts for exploring or playing with toys and asking questions during the play scenario. The infants in the study showed high engagement levels and motivation when communicating with their mothers. One finding was that infants were more responsive to the mothers when talking about past experiences (Tamis LeMonda et al., …show more content…
The transcripts are provided by the CHILDES database that involves parent-child interaction (Demetras, 1989). By examining the differences between mother and father communication with their child, it is hypothesized that mothers are more responsive to the child than the fathers based on the findings of Tamis-LeMonda et al. (2001). It is also hypothesized that mothers will use more words, including nouns and adjectives and fathers would use more verbs with their child. Thirdly, it is hypothesized mothers will use more concern phrases such as “be careful”, ask more questions, talk about characteristics of objects, events and places as fathers use more commands such as “get your bag” when speaking to their child based on the findings of Kornhaber and Marcos
For example, work by Tamis-LeMonda, Bornstein and Baumwell (2001) wanted to find out how maternal responsiveness affects the child’s motivation to communicate at a particular age. The infants were around the ages of 9 months. Since this was a longitudinal study, the same infants were looked at again between the ages of 13 and 14 months. The study focused on how the mother showed emotional support, talked about descriptions of objects, prompts for exploring or playing with toys and asking questions during the play scenario. The infants in the study showed high engagement levels and motivation when communicating with their mothers. One finding was that infants were more responsive to the mothers when talking about past experiences (Tamis LeMonda et al., …show more content…
The transcripts are provided by the CHILDES database that involves parent-child interaction (Demetras, 1989). By examining the differences between mother and father communication with their child, it is hypothesized that mothers are more responsive to the child than the fathers based on the findings of Tamis-LeMonda et al. (2001). It is also hypothesized that mothers will use more words, including nouns and adjectives and fathers would use more verbs with their child. Thirdly, it is hypothesized mothers will use more concern phrases such as “be careful”, ask more questions, talk about characteristics of objects, events and places as fathers use more commands such as “get your bag” when speaking to their child based on the findings of Kornhaber and Marcos