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Week 4B: Discussion Board

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In the TED talk by Alison Gopnik she uses the statement, "Babies and young children are like the R&D {research and development} division of the human species," what does this mean to you?

For full points include in your discussion at least one concept learned in the chapter reading and one concept discussed in the provided language videos.

https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think

Answer 1

The babies and children are said to be protected and have more ideas as they are in the learning phase of the human development. Hence they are said to the R&D division of the human species by Alison Gopnik in her TED talk while defining what babies think. The grown up humans are said to the production and manufacturing division by using those ideas and learning to use.