PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Parietal Lobe, B. F. Skinner, Nules

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Michael Souza

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Language - a system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules of grammar and convey meaning. Grammar - is a set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaning messages. Phonemes - the smallest units of sound that are recognisable as speech rather than as random noise. Phonological rules - indicate how many phonemes can bind to produce speech sounds; learned without instruction. Morphological rules - indicate how morphemes can be combines to form words (content morphemes - things and events; function morphemes - grammatical functions) Syntactical rules - indicate how words can be combined to form phrases and sentences. Deep structure - refers to the meaning of a sentence. Surface structure - how a sentence is order. Children learn language at a rapid rate. Children make few errors while learning to speak. Passive mastery develops faster than active mastery.