PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Kindergarten, Functional Fixedness, Base Rate
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A language is a system of symbols, sounds, meanings and rules of combination that allows for communication among humans. Phonemes: the smallest units of sound o o o. When gucci was in kindergarten this is what he learnt. Sentences: strings of morphemes and phrases that express a thought or intention. Can tell you many things about a person (class, education, etc. ) Changes during times of year and between countries and people. Universal, everyone understands them o o o o o o. Babies develop understanding of language without conscious effort. Babies can understand and recognize all of them (0-4 months) First 2 sounds are representative of mother and father. Learning a large number of words in a short time. 2 years old learn about 20 words a week. We usually know and understand more words than we can use. Associating a word with more or less than what it actually means or.
