[Psychology 1000] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (36 pages long!)

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

System of symbols and rules to generate infinite possible meanings. Grammar: rules of how symbols can be combined. Generatively: finite symbols can be combined to an infinite number of messages. Displacement: allo(cid:449)s us to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)ate thi(cid:374)gs that are(cid:374)"t physi(cid:272)ally prese(cid:374)t (imaginary, past, future) Phonological ambiguity: confusion of sounds (knock knock jokes) Lexical ambiguity: double meaning (a baker kneads the dough) Syntactic ambiguity- confusion in structure (man eating salmon vs man-eating salmon. Top down processing: interpreting things based on expectations (readi(cid:374)g (cid:862)the (cid:271)ead store(cid:863) as (cid:862)the bread tore(cid:863) We learn certain sequences are more likely to be at the end of words. Context also makes it easier to tell when words end. Knowledge of the practical aspect of using language. Using language requires more than vocabulary and grammar. You must know not only what people are saying but what they mean and want you to do. Women have language in both hemispheres, men have it in the left.