[PDF][PDF] A change is afoot: Emergentist thinking in language acquisition
G Hollich, K Hirsh-Pasek, ML Tucker… - Downward …, 2000 - hollich.psych.purdue.edu
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" There is no plan. We posit that development, change, is caused by the interacting
influences of heterogeneous components, each with its own take on the world. These are
not encapsulated modules; indeed, development happens, behavior is fluid and adaptively
intelligent because everything affects everything else.(Thelen & Smith, 1994, p. 338).“... most
everyday situations cannot be rigidly assigned to just a single script. They generally involve
an interplay between a number of sources of information... each aspect of the information in …
influences of heterogeneous components, each with its own take on the world. These are
not encapsulated modules; indeed, development happens, behavior is fluid and adaptively
intelligent because everything affects everything else.(Thelen & Smith, 1994, p. 338).“... most
everyday situations cannot be rigidly assigned to just a single script. They generally involve
an interplay between a number of sources of information... each aspect of the information in …
" There is no plan. We posit that development, change, is caused by the interacting influences of heterogeneous components, each with its own take on the world. These are not encapsulated modules; indeed, development happens, behavior is fluid and adaptively intelligent because everything affects everything else.(Thelen & Smith, 1994, p. 338).
“... most everyday situations cannot be rigidly assigned to just a single script. They generally involve an interplay between a number of sources of information... each aspect of the information in the situation can act on other aspects, simultaneously influencing other aspects and being influenced by them.(McClelland, Rumelhart and Hinton, 1986 p. 10)
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