PSYC 213 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Phrase Structure Rules, Transformational Grammar, Language Acquisition Device
19 Nov 2012
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Absolute frame of reference (spatial relations are described in terms of an invariant set of coordinates) We are able to entertain one out of several pathways of thought. We can switch between these pathways as we choose but only focus on one at a time. Wundt used tree diagrams (a description of a process that proceeds from one level at which a number of relationships are simultaneously present to other levels at which these relationships are serially ordered). For example, if you are listening to music, one property could be that it is loud. If music is the subject, loud could be part of the predicate (is____) because they share a relationship. The relationship part of the definition exists between the music and its loudness. The serial ordering refers to the order that it is being put into a sentence (subject, predicate). The listener can decode or comprehend what they heard by reversing this process.
