PSYA02H3 Study Guide - Function Word, Vocal Folds, Deep Structure And Surface Structure
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9. 0 language and thought: an english boy named christopher had the ability to easily acquire languages from textbooks and spoke 16 languages fluently when he was grown up. However, he scored poorly on standard intelligence tests. The five key higher cognitive functions are: acquiring and using language, forming concepts and categories, making decisions, solving problems, and reasoning. 9. 1 language and communication: from rules to meaning: honeybees communicate direction and distance of food source from the hive by a waggle dance. , vervet monkeys have 3 different warning calls signaling main predators like leopard, eagle, and snake. Leopard call provokes them to climb higher into a tree while an eagle call makes them look up into the sky. Language allows individuals to exchange information about the world, coordinate group action, and form strong social bonds. First, humans can express wider range of ideas and concepts than animals, and can generate infinite number of novel sentences, whereas animals do not.
