PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Psychology, Frontal Lobe, Dopamine

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: M Hebert

Document Summary

Language: a set of symbols used to communicate the jewel in the crown of cognition . Language production: generate and express ideas (thoughts) through words or gestures. Speech involves expression of language through generated sounds. Language comprehension: the process of understanding spoken, written or signed language. Language expression: the structured and conventional expression of thoughts through words. Convey thoughts of one person to others (theory of mind) Sharing of innovations (ideas throughout a culture and preserves them across generations. Facilitates thinking, problem solving and decisions making. Speech: the expression of language through words, speech involves expression of language through generated sound. We make up new sentences (on the fly) to convey. Study of speech is divided into 4 main areas. Phonology: the study of how individuals sounds or phonemes are used to produce language. Smallest distinction sound unit (psychology: s-ie-k-o-o-g-ee), the smallest unit of. Phonemes sound in a language; an individual sound such a ba, da, or ta.