Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Confirmation Bias, Fundamental Attribution Error, Gestalt Psychology

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

Document Summary

Language - system of symbols and rules to generate infinite possible meanings. Psycholinguistics - study of psychological aspects of language, such as how people understand, produce, and acquire language. Ability to use finite number of words and rules to produce infinite number of sentences. Convey information about other times and places. Morphemes = strange er s (changes a word into different meanings) Root word, something at the end or beginning. Phoneme = streynj r z (tells us how to say it) A set of rules of how symbols can be combined to create meaningful units of communication. Finite symbols can be combined to an infinite number of messages. Allows us to communicate things that aren"t physically present (imaginary, past, future) Pragmatics: a knowledge of the practical aspects of using language. Syntax: arranging the elements in a meaningful way: proper structure. Comes with formal thinking and based off ambiguity. I work as a baker because i knead the dough .