PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Functional Fixedness, Sound Symbolism, Phoneme
10 Oct 2017
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Mental set: phenomenon of becoming stuck in a specific problem=-solving strategy, inhibiting our ability to generate alternatives functional fixedness, difficulty conceptualizing that an obj typically used for one purpose can be used for another. Now processing sues embodied accounts of thinking=analyzing and understanding in context. Language largely arbitrary automatic system of communication that combines symbols: such as words or gestural signs in the rule-based ways to create meaning. Phonemes: categories of sounds our vocal apparatus produces. Morphemes the basic elements of language: smallest meaningful units of speech, convey info abt semantics, most morphemes are words, but some are prefix. Suffix that alter the meaning of words: semantics, meaning intended to be derived from words. Syntax: grammatical rules that govern how words are composed into meaningful strings. Extra linguistic info: the rules we use to construct sentences, elements of communication that aren"t part of the content of language but are critical to interpreting its meaning.
