PSYC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Puberty, Vise, Social Environment
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Psyc 100 exam notes (sos and weekly objectives) Language is a form of communicating that has specific rules (semanticity, generativity, displacementcant be considered ) Example- moneys communicate by calling to each other, but because they can t communicate ideas about both present and other times and places, it can t be considered a language. What makes something a language: its symbolic, it can be used to communicate novel ideas, it can be used to communicate something not happening here or now. Phonemes: perceptually distinct units of sound that serve to distinguish one word from another (ex. Phonological rules: govern how phonemes can be combined in a given language. Voice onset time= delay between the initial sound of a consonant and the vibration of the vocal chords. Phonetic discrimination: perception of a phoneme is effected by the sounds that follow it. (we recognize speech sounds in larger pieces than individual phonemes)
