PSYC 355 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Emotions, Attachment In Adults, Attribution Bias

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Margaret Bierly

Document Summary

Description of the five components of language - possible essay question!! Phonology - sound system of a language, & rules for combining these. Includes rules for how phonemes are combined. Ex: stop is allowable combination in english, but sgop is not. Includes knowledge of intonation patterns for phrases & sentences. She correctly understood the segmented words of her father"s rapid speech; she knows that in english the dog"s name of trina sounds right, but zdrina wouldn"t. Semantics - expressed meaning of words & sentences. Includes knowledge of word combinations (phrases, clauses, sentences) Morphology - knowledge of how words are formed from sounds. Includes knowledge of transformations of word tense & number (e. g. , jump/jumped; book/books) Bound morphemes change the meaning of free morphemes when added (e. g. , She knows that the past tense is indicted by adding -ed to a verb, e. g. , chased. Syntax - rules governing how words are combined to produce sentence. E. g. , negation, possession, voice (active or passive)