PSYC 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Confirmation Bias
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Four rules of language - the first language rule is phonology how we make meaningful sounds. We combine phonemes to form words by learning the second rule: morphology. Morphology is the system we use to group phonemes into meaningful combinations of sounds and words. A morpheme is the smallest, meaningful combination of sounds in a language. After learning to combine morphemes to produce words, we learn to combine words into meaningful sentences. The third language rule governs syntax or grammar. This set of rules specifies how we combine words to form meaningful phrases and sentences. The fourth language rule governs semantics the specific meaning of words or phrases as they appear in various sentences or contexts. Heuristics strategies for simplifying a problem or for guiding an investigation and algorithms a mechanical, repetitive procedure for solving a problem different types .
