Psych 2 - Language and Thinking

Pysch midterm 2

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Mental representations
Include images, ideas, concepts, and principles
Psycholinguistics
Is the scientific study of psychological aspects of language
Syntax
The rules that govern the order of words
Semantics
The meaning of words and sentences
Generativity
Means that the symbols of language can be combined to generate an infinite number of message that have novel meaning
Displacement
Refers to the fact that language allows us to communicate about events and objects that are not physically present
Surface structure
Consists of symbols that are used and their order
Deep structure
Refers to the underlying meaning of the combined symbols
Phoneme
The smallest unit of speech sound in a language that can signal a difference in meaning
Morpheme
The smallest units of meaning in a language
Discourse
The most comprehensive level in which sentences are combined into paragraphs, books, conversation, etc.
Bottom up processing
Individual elements of a stimulus are analyzed and then combined to form a unified perception
Top down processing
Sensory information is interpreted in light of existing knowledge, concepts, ideas, and expectations

( Bean Store is read as Bread Store)
Speech segmentation
Perceiving where each word within a spoken sentences begins and ends


(We hope you have a good day = We ho pew ha va nice day)
Pragmatics
A knowledge of the practical aspects of using language


(not using slang when sending an email to a professor)