Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Knock-Knock Joke, Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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

Document Summary

Ability to use finite number of words and rules to produce infinite number of sentences. Good, unabridged dictionary 250000 to 300000 words. Most anything in english can be said with a vocabulary of 850 words. Telephone conversations: 96% of talk made up of 737 words. Correlation word frequency and word length= -0. 75 (the longer a word is the less likely you are to use it) Arranging the elements in a meaningful way. I work as a baker because i knead the dough . I saw a man eating shark at at the aquarium , Meaning (call me a cab, okay you"re a cab) Kids progress from phonological and lexical to syntactic and semantic. Surface structure (sequence of words) vs. deep structure (actual meaning) Rules transform your deep structure into a surface structure (idea may be interpreted differently) Not really: yes, child does learn that dog applies in english, but the trick is creativity. Mistakes in grammar not corrected (facts are)