Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Cognitive Psychology, Phrase Structure Rules, Monty Hall Problem
11 Apr 2014
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Ferdinand de saussure distinguished between langue and parole: Produced by groups of people (ex. a population who share a native language), therefore an individual person cannot change langue. What a speaker produces on a given occasion. Influenced by a person"s life history and their current state (ex. anxious, tired, angry) Competence- what you know about your language, resides in the individual. Performance- how you use that knowledge (psychologists study both of these, linguists only study competence) Psychologists study how language is influenced by: language skills, social situation, mood, attention. Hockett"s design features of language- proposed a set of features that animal communication systems may have- but only human language has all of these features. The first 5 are common to the vocalizations of many land mammals (1-5) The next 3 can be found only in primates (6-8) The next 4 are specific to early hominoids (greats apes and humans) and modern humans (10-13)
