Psychology of Language and Learning

Abstract

I: From the First to the Second Signal System.- 1. Language and Learning: An Experimental Paradigm.- 2. Intertriai Responses as Rehearsal: A Study of Overt Thinking in Animals.- 3. Individual Learning and Racial Experience in the Rat, with Special Reference to Vocalization.- 4. The Autism Theory of Development and Some Clinical Applications.- 5. and Speaking: An Analysis of Language Learning.- 6. Relations between and Psychology: Accomplishment and Aspiration.- II: Psycholinguistics Revisited.- 7. Why All the Chafing over Chomsky?.- The Present State of Confusion in Psycholinguistics.- The Seminal and Still Largely Valid Early Observations of Bertrand Russell on Language: Acquisition of Word Meanings.- Amplification of Russell's Analysis of the Reproduction of Words, as Distinct from Their Understanding, by Small Children.- A Learning-Theory Derivation of Imitation.- Evidence for (and against) the Autism Theory of Imitation, with Special Reference to the Problem of Language Acquisition.- Russell's Approach to the Psychology of the Sentence.- The Sentence as a Special Conditioning Device.- The Linguists' Attack on the Application of Learning Theory to the Domain of Language.- Chomsky's Antiquated Philosophical, Antipsychological Bias.- Observations on the History of Psycholinguis tics and an Evaluation of the Extent and Durability of Chomsky's Impact.- The Contemporary Situation in the Field of Speech and Hearing (Communication) as Regards the Chomskian Controversy.- The Ambiguity of Chomsky's Present Status as a Linguist and Theoretician.- The Development of Mathematical Language.- Out of the Mouths of Babes.- III: Language Abuse and Psychopathology.- 8. How Is a White Lie?.- 9. Truth in Communication.- 10. Stage Fright and Self-Regard.- 11. How to Talk about Your Troubles.- 12. Stuttering as Simultaneous Admission and Denial.- 13. Social Alienation and Reintegration: History and Contemporary Implications.- IV: Epilogues.- 14. The Concept of the Behavioral Mechanism in Language.- 15. Mental Imagery: An Indispensable Psychological Concept.- 16. Complete List of Author's Publications.- Author Index.