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Early theroies Thought before language(J.?Piaget) Symbolic Function Substage ,(0-2) 感知阶段 Intuitive Thought Substage ,(2-7) 前运算阶段 Concrete operational stage (7-11) 具体运算 Formal operational stage .(11-15) 形式运算 Language before thought (E.B.?de?Condillac) people won`t remember past without language language decide thought(Sapir-Whorf) Sapir-Whorf?Hypothesis thought decide language(L.Vygotsky) establishes the explicit and profound connection between speech, and the development of mental concepts and cognitive awareness People can think without language Thinking differs from language People can think by other ways Thinking appears before language The origin of language theories---Labor creates language---Marx Hominids: accepted the outside information and tried to understand the outside world during laboring----formed the views and opinions----had to say something to each other (motivationbehavior)----nonverbal/berbal language Two examples: hominid feeling human’s thinking ability develop to certain level and have the basic ability to generalize and categorize certain physiological conditions the necessity to say the words out The nature between thinking and language is different Human are born with thinking (human instincts brain feelings) Language is a social phenomenon instinct Jean Piaget John Locke : thinking----innate/instinct language----acquired ability Locke---Mind is a blank sheet, sound as secondary material acts on humans senses and then transformed into complex concepts, the resulting knowledge Piaget---Cognitive development theory Sensorimotor stage: from birth to age two. The children experience the world through movement and their five senses. During the sensorimotor stage children are extremely egocentric, meaning they cannot perceive the world from others viewpoints. ?Preoperational stage ?Concrete operational st