Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Confirmation Bias, Belief Bias, Metacognition

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Wolfe/ Quinlan

Document Summary

Language a system of symbols and rules for combining these symbols in ways that can produce an almost infinite number of possible messages and meanings: three critical properties of language: Symbolic: uses sounds, written signs, or gestures to refer to objects, events, ideas, and feelings. Displacement capacity of language to represent objects and conditions that aren"t physically present. Structure: has rules that govern how symbols can be combined to create meaningful communication units. Generative: symbols can be combined to generate an almost infinite number of messages. Surface structure consists of the way symbols are combined within a given language: syntax the rules for the combination of symbols. Deep structure refers to the underlying meaning of the combined symbols: semantics the meaning of words and sentences. Phonemes smallest units of sound recognized as separate in a given language (46 in english) Morphemes smallest units of meaning in a language. Bottom-up processing - individual elements combined for a unified perception.