Psychology 1000 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Notes.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

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Mental representations: include images, ideas, concepts, and principles. Language: consists of a system of symbols and rules for combining these symbols in ways that can generate an infinite number of possible messages and meanings. Psycholinguistics: the scientific study of the psychological aspects of aspects of language, such as how people understand, produce, and acquire language, such as how people understand, produce, and acquire language. Grammar: the set of rules that dictate how symbols can be combined to create meaningful units of communication. Syntax: the rules that govern the order of words. Generativity: the symbols of language can be combined to generate an infinite number of messages that have novel meaning. Displacement: language allows us to communicate about events and objects that are not physically present. Surface structure: consists of the symbols that used and their order. Deep structure: refers to the underlying meaning of the combined symbols.