Cognition and Language
After our discussion on Monday night about cognition and language I headed home. My next door neighbor has a son, who is about 3 years old. When I got home he ran over and said "Hey Tatertot! Wanna see me gun?" So I waited on him to get his toy gun and he came over and started telling me about how he shoots deer, ducks, and turkeys. Which obviously he does not but his dad does. This all reminded me of class and how my neighbor didn't actually understand how to shoot a real gun nor had he ever killed anything. Everything he said was just things he had picked up from his dad. It got me thinking a little!
posted by Unknown @ 5:58 PM
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3 Comments:
I've had experiences with this as well. Whenever I hear a child tell me a story I can usually tell if they have heard that from somewhere or seen that happen. It's funny what children can pick up on. Sometimes we do not think they pick upon those things.
I have a cousin who pretends that she is talking on the phone and always ends with "alright, I'll talk to you soon." Exactly what her mother ends a conversation with :)
It's also so cute that he said "me gun" instead of "my gun". It made me think about the video of the little girl talking about the Snow White book. She said "she has one teeth" instead of "she has one tooth".
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