PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Complex Differential Form, Operant Conditioning, Classical Conditioning
6 Mar 2019
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What makes language a complex form of communication: when we communicate we send and receive information to another individual or group, language is perhaps the most complex form of this, ex. What sets apart language from a dog"s growl or a bird"s mating song: most psychologist consider only human communication to be language. The sound is not associated with the object the exception to this are onomatopes: words in a language can be combined in many productive ways, there are multiple ways to describe a single thing. How do humans develop language: what sets humans apart from other species that gives us the ability to use language, think of how many children can communicate before they are even able to tie their shoes. The whorf-sapir hypothesis: we don"t only use language to communicate but we also use it to think to ourselves, language influences our thoughts and the way we perceive and experience the world.
