Thinking and Language

Without language we could not be the sophsiticated race that we are today. Thinking also has brought us far, but without one we can not survive. I learned in this chapter that I have insight, a sudden and often realization of the solution of a problem. I have done this numerous times. I will be trying to figure out the solution to a problem go to bed, then wake up in the morning and it would be like someone just turned a switch. I would know how to solve the problem and it would feel like it was starring me in the face the whole time.
Second, the rule of overconfidence, the tendency to be more confident than correct. I really thought this was more of a personality trait than a function in your brain. It is funny that it is a function because now boys have an excuse to so overconfident (just kidding boys ;) ) Anyway being overconfident can be bad and tend to have not so great consequences.Sometimes in the relationships overconfidence is a quality to have.
Thirdly, I learned that is important for babies to babble when they are young. This will eventually lead to the one-word stage. This is when babies start to recognize syllable with the meaning like mama and papa. It is interesting how babies learn from our example too. They just mimic us and eventually learn the meaning. It is fascinating.