On this page you’ll find a number of resources for understanding the key concepts of linguistics, cognition, and thought, including language acquisition, problem-solving, and decision-making. If I’ve missed a good resource, please share it in the comments section!

General Resources

Language & Cognition Key Terms

Language Acquisition Pinterest Page

Decision-Making Pinterest Page

OpenStax Cognition & Language Chapter

Master Introductory Psychology Volume 2 (Amazon link)

General Video Resources

Specific Concepts

• Linguistics – Wikipedia page
• Phoneme – Wikipedia page
• Morpheme – Wikipedia page
• Syntax – Wikipedia page
• Phonological rule – Wikipedia page
  • Accents
• Noam Chomsky – Wikipedia page
  • Chomsky’s review of Skinner’s Verbal Behavior
  • Universal Grammar – Wikipedia page
  • Language Acquisition Device (LAD) – Wikipedia page
• Fast-mapping – Wikipedia page
• Telegraphic speech – Wikipedia page
• Overgeneralization / Over-regularization – Wikipedia page
• Wug Test – Jean Berko Gleason Wikipedia page
• Critical period for language acquisition – Wikipedia page
• Interactionist approach
• The Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (Whorf-Sapir Hypothesis) – Wikipedia page
• Concept – Wikipedia page
• Prototype Theory – Wikipedia page
• Exemplar  Theory – Wikipedia page
• Mental Set (Rigidity) – Wikipedia page
  • Functional Fixedness – Wikipedia page
• Convergent Thinking – Wikipedia page
• Divergent Thinking – Wikipedia page
• Belief bias – Wikipedia page
  • Daniel Gilbert on Choice, Decision-Making, and Happiness
  • Stumbling on Happiness – Daniel Gilbert (Amazon link)

• Behavioral Economics – Wikipedia page
  • Predictably Irrational – Dan Ariely (Amazon link)
• Algorithm – Wikipedia page
• Heuristic – Wikipedia page
• Dual Process Theory – Wikipedia page
• Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic – Wikipedia page
• Availability Heuristic – Wikipedia page
• Representativeness Heuristic – Wikipedia page
• Framing Effect – Wikipedia page
• Sunk-Cost Fallacy – Wikipedia page
• Recognition Heuristic – Wikipedia page
• Amos Tversky – Wikipedia page
• Daniel Kahneman – Wikipedia page
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman (Amazon link)
• How Salad Can Make Us Fat (NYT)
• The Selective Laziness of Human Reasoning (NPR)

Other Resources

• The Stuff of Thought – Steven Pinker (Amazon link)
• Attempts to Teach Language to Animals
  • Washoe – Wikipedia page
  • Kanzi – Wikipedia page
  • Panbanisha – Wikipedia page
  • Koko (gorilla) – Wikpedia page
  • Nim Chimpsky – Wikipedia page
  • Project Nim – A Chimp’s Very Human Very Sad Life (NPR)
  • Project Nim – Documentary on Nim Chimpsky
  • Chaser (Border Collie) – Wikipedia page
  • How to teach language to dogs (Scientific American)

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