Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kwadukuza, Ejaculation, Placenta

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Humans are puny in relation to other animals but we can think, reason and problem solve. Mental representations: include images, ideas, concepts, and principles. Language: consists of a system of symbols and rules for combining these symbols in a way that can generate an infinite number of possible messages. Psycholinguistics: the scientific study of the psychological aspects of language. Adaptive functions of language: time lags tell us that human though and behavior depends on more than the physical structure of the brain, because although human brain hasn"t evolved much over the past 50,000 years, human linguistics definitely has. Language is symbolic and structured: grammar set of rules that dictate how symbols can be combined in order to create meaning full units of conversation, syntax the rules that govern the order of words. Language conveys meaning: semantics the meaning of words and sentences. Surface and deep structure: surface structure to read, listen to, or produce a sentence.