Language // AP Psychology Flashcards
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| 8667633606 | Language | means of communication | 0 | |
| 8667633621 | Phonemes | smallest unit of sounds in language; in every language; Ex: "th" and "b" | 1 | |
| 8667650199 | 40 | about the number of phonemes in English language | 2 | |
| 8667643076 | Morphemes | smallest unit of MEANINGFUL sound in language; in every language; Ex: words like "a" or "but" or prefixes and suffixes | 3 | |
| 8667658470 | Grammar | rules of a language | 4 | |
| 8667660491 | Syntax (Grammar) | order of words in a language; Ex: English vs. Spanish syntax | 5 | |
| 8667666569 | Social Learning Theory | baby may imitate parent; watching and learning a language from someone else -if reinforced to say words, the will continue to say them -if punished when saying words, they will stop saying them | 6 | |
| 8667679108 | B.F. Skinner | creator of Social Learning Theory; from Behaviorist School | 7 | |
| 8667684040 | Chomsky's Theory / Nativist Theory | learn language too quickly for it to be through reinforcement and punishment; learn language at an early age; older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language | 8 | |
| 8667699603 | Inborn Universal Language Acquisition Device | part of Chomsky's Theory | 9 | |
| 8667704322 | Whorf's Linguistic Relativity | language determines the way we think; Ex: Hope tribe has no form of past tense in language, so they don't think in the past | 10 |