Senior AP Psychology Module 29-33

Our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning- allows us to transmit knowledge across generations

In a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit.

The smallest unit that carries meaning, may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix: un-control-able)

A system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others-includes semantics and syntax

The set of rules by which we derive meaning form morphemes, words and sentences in a given language; also the study of meaning

The rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language-rules for correct word order (in English we say white house, but in spanish we say casa blanca)

Beginning at about 4 months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the househould language

Speech development, from about age 1 to 2 during which a child speaks mostly in single words

Beginning at about age 2, the stage in speech development during which a chile speaks mostly two-word statements.

Early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram.

Operant conditioning, language develops through learning principles such as association, imitation, and reinforcement

Inborn universal grammar: language acquisition happens much too quickly and is much too complex to be learned exclusively through imitation and reinforcement

Children that do not learn any language when they are young will never develop normal language skills

Language determines the way we think (those who are bilingual will describe themselves differentlydepending on which language they are using)

Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations