PSYO 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Internal Consistency, Birth Order, Pragmatics

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1012
• Professor: Dr. Mackinnon

Document Summary

Lecture 1 the nature of language: language definition, system of communication, specific to homo sapiens, open + symbolic, follow rules of grammar, allows its users to express abstract and distant ideas. Ses, birth order: differences in number of words heard in family differences in children"s vocabulary. Lecture 2 thinking, reasoning, and decision making: cognitive psychology. Jan/11/2018: science of how people think, learn, remember, and perceive, cognition, mental processes involved in acquiring, processing, and storing knowledge, representation of thoughts in our minds, mental representation. Shakespeare: logical-mathematical ability to analyze info & problems logically & to perform math operations, e. g. Stephen hawking: musical ability in performing, composing, or appreciating musical patterns, e. g. Michael jackson: bodily-kinesthetic ability to use one"s body or parts of it to solve problems or create products, e. g. Wayne gretzky: spatial ability to think about & solve problems in 3d space, e. g.