AP Psychology - Language Flashcards

7722452602	Language	Way we communicate with others	0
7722452603	Phonemes	Smallest distinctive units of sound in language	1
7722454888	Morphemes	Smallest units of meaning in language	2
7722458272	Grammar	System of rules in language	3
7722458273	Grammer: Semantics	Set of rules which we derive meaning. EX. Adding -ed means past tense	4
7722460808	Grammar: Overregulation	Happens when children use grammatical rules wrong. Ex. I beatted him in the game	5
7722460809	Grammar: Syntax	Rules for combining words into grammatically good sentences. EX. English says White House but Spanish says "casa blanca" or House White	6
7722463855	Receptive Language	Ability to understand language. Wernicke's Area in brain helps to understand	7
7722465797	Productive Language	Ability to produce language. Broca's Area helps to speak	8
7722465798	Babbling	Universal noises made by babies, not a household language	9
7722465799	Holophrase	One word phrases babies make around a year	10
7722467926	Telegraphic Speech	Two word phrases babies make around 2 years	11
7722467927	Critical Period	If children are not exposed to language by a certain time, they will be unable to learn	12
7722467928	Universal Grammar	All humans have same grammatical building blocks like nouns, verbs, subjects and objects	13
7722471511	Language Acquisition Device	Innate speech enabling structures in the brain that helps us learn language	14
7722471512	Surface Structure	Learning ABC's, just the letters and layout of words	15
7722474248	Deep Structure	Combining words to make meanings	16
7722476510	Linguistic Determinism	Thinking affects our language, in turn affects our thoughts	17
7722595708	B.F. Skinner	Language is based off operant conditioning. Nurture point of view	18
7722602753	Noam Chomsky	Linguist, argues that young children possess innate capability to learn and produce speech	19
7722612124	Benjamin Whorf	Linguist who believed that a language does more than describe person's culture, might shape thoughts and perceptions	20
7722618320	Sultan	Chimpanzee who showed insight by getting out of reach food with a stick	21
7722622491	Koko	Gorilla could sign 1,000 words, called Pinocchio "baby elephant"	22
7722627167	Washoe	Chimpanzee who could sign about 132 words, gave interview to New York Times reporter	23
7722633776	Kanzi	Chimpanzee who roasted marshmallows	24