Mentalism

Mentalism

1. Audiolingual method behaviourism failed

   • Language learners ≠ behaviourist stereotypes
     • Generalization
       • Chomsky
         • How the mind was able to transfer what was learned in one stimulus-response sequence to other novel situation
         • Thinking must be RULE-GOVERNED
           • Hypotesis
             • ⇆ Experience
               • + Stimulus
                 • =To find the underlying pattern or system
                   • What is likely to happen / what is an appropriate response
               • MIND
                 • Rule seeker
       • UNWORKABLE