Psychology 1002A/B Chapter Notes -Vocal Tract, Psycholinguistics, Mental Image
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Humans have the ability to create mental representations of the world and to manipulate them in the forms of language, thinkings, reasoning, and problem solving. Mental representations cognitive representations of the world, including images, ideas, concepts, and principles, that are the foundations of thinking and problem solving. Process of education = transferring ideas and skills from one mind to another. Language a system of symbols and rules for combining them that can produce an almost infinite number of possible messages and meanings. Psycholinguistics scientific study of the psychological aspects of language, such as how people understand, produce and acquire language. Human cognitive and linguistic skills have evolved over the past 50,000 years, despite the structure of the brain not thought and behaviour depend on more than brain structure. Development of language = easier for humans to adapt to changing environmental demands. Humans adopt a socially oriented lifestyle helped them survive and reproduce.
