Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Language Acquisition Device, American Sign Language, Vocal Tract
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Consists of a system of symbols and rules in order to combine them to generate an infinite number of possible messages and meanings. Psycholinguistics: scientific study of the psychological aspects of language, how people understand, produce, and acquire language, divided into three broad areas. Physiological localization of functions in the brain. Human thought and behaviour depend on more than physical structure of brain. Evolution humans adopted a socially oriented lifestyle. Use of language evolved as people gathered to form larger social units. Every human culture, no matter how isolated, has developed language. Brain has inborn capacity to acquire any of the languages spoken. Conscious thinking takes the form of self-talk, or inner speech. All languages have words that serve as symbols for objects and concepts & system of rules. Uses sounds, written characters, or other systems of symbols (e. g. , hand signs) to represent objects, events, ideas, feelings, and actions. Spanish, french, and german for dog: perro, chien, and hund.