PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Binoculars, Edward Sapir, Aspirin
29 Dec 2016
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We focus on the significance in our ability of making and using small units of language- sounds and words- and work toward larger units- sentences, stories, and finally conversations with other people. A system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas, and experiences. Language has a structure that is (i) (ii) Hierarchical: consists of a series of small components that can be combined to form larger units; Governed by rules: components can be arranges in certain ways, but not in other ways. The need to communicate using language has been called (cid:498)universal(cid:499) because it occurs whenever there are people. Even people isolated from the rest of the world for eons develop languages to communicate with each other. (4) language development is similar across cultures. Published a book called verbal behaviour, in which he proposed that language is learned through reinforcement.
