Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Mental Rotation, Categorical Logic, Inductive Reasoning

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Adaptive functions of language: the use of language evolved as people gathered to form larger social units. Properties of language: encompasses four properties that are essential to any language, symbols. Language uses symbols to represent objects, events, ideas, feelings, and. The symbols that are used are arbitrary (words has an agreed-meaning to actions people ) set of rules that dictate how symbols can be combined to create meaningful units of communication. Language also has a rule-governed structure, which is called grammar . Syntax the rules that govern the order of words. Even if new words/phrases appear, they need to conform to the basic. Based on the structure of the words/phrases you use, people derive. Semantics meaning of words and sentences: structure rules of language, meaning meaning of out of them, generativity. Means that the symbols of language can be combined to generate an.