[PSYCO105] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (62 pages long)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO105
• Professor: Davina Rousell

Document Summary

Humans have the ability to create mental representations of the world and to manipulate them in the forms of language, thinking , reasoning and problem solving. Mental representation include images ideas concepts and principles. Language consist of a system of symbols and rules for combining these symbols in ways of that can generate an infinite number of possible messages and meanings. Psycholinguistics is the scientific study of the psychological aspect of language, such as how people understand, produce and acquire language. Human thought and behaviour depend on more than the physical structure of the brain. Use of language evolved as people gathered to form larger social units. As social environment became more challenging the development of language made it easier for humans to adapt to these challenges. Language puts the customs and knowledge acquired over generations at your fingertips. Four properties that are essential to any language.