PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes -Base Rate Fallacy, Necessity And Sufficiency, Representativeness Heuristic

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Referent what word refers to meaning of word/phrase is linked to word/phrase"s referent: some phrases have no referent refer to things that don"t exist; sometimes word"s reference = temporary or matter of coincidence, word meanings > reference. Many words express single concepts one can understand word"s meaning only if one understands the relevant concepts vocabulary is fluid new words always created, i. e. with new style of music or clothing; email , Geek ; google , spam (verb) language users create variations by adding appropriate morphemes allow use of word in different ways. Syntax rules governing sequence of words in phrase/sentence specify relationships among words in sentence series of abstract rules governing sentence"s structure specify elements that must be inc. + (in many languages) sequence/organization of elements. Prescriptive rules prohibitions, i. e. never to say ain"t ; rules describing how language is supposed to be . Often marked by differences between social classes i. e. upper class speak properly.