PSY201H5 Lecture Notes - Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Functional Fixedness, Behaviorism
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Language a system of symbols, sounds, meanings, and rules of combination that allows for communication among humans. Phonemes: the smallest units of sound in english we have 40 o: all the sounds we can make in the alphabet, about 100 phonemes in all languages, no 2 languages share the same exact phonemes. Morphemes: the smallest units of meaning phrases are composed of morphemes sentences: strings of morphemes and phrases that express a thought or intention connotation: the different meanings for the same word. That was sick - what does sick mean in this? o: wht we intend to mean in that situation syntax: the rules we use to create our sentence structure, word arrangement. What the words mean, ex. sarcasm o: body language (crossed arms, etc. , gestures (often involving the hands or fingers, physical distance o facial expressions o touch. Language development human beings have an innate ability for language development/production.
