Psychology 3139A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Saccade, Communication Accommodation Theory, Booba

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3139A/B
• Professor: Karen Hussey

Document Summary

Has something to do with danger; red and fire. Need a biological evolution to have a cultural evolution. Pointed to a lot of the cultural markers in our environment. Written language is something that is very new to our species. Spoken language is something that is biologically innate to our species. There is a difference between spoken and written. You can learn speech through just being around it. The perceptual span is different when reading than when just gazing into the environment. A slightly longer duration is noticed at the end of a sentence. Language is automated in order to construct mind. Language provides a simple marker to activate information. Cat: everything about kitten is brought to mind. Reading gathers information from the periphery in the direction that you should be heading. Interested in the native language of north america. Suggested that the language of a culture was to highlight what was important to that culture.