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Phonemes

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Vowels syllable consonants
868 in human speech
Ex: b sh ch s

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Language

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System of symbols that reflect mental images
Signs verbal words
Structure and rules

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Morplenes

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Smallest unit of language that carries meaning

Pre post anti

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Grammar

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Rules that govern language

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Syntax

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Word order. Subject word and very.

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Morphological markers

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Ed ing s

Which tense

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Extra linguistic info

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Anything but words themselves like tone gestures and facial expressions

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Nativist account

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Language presided nature

Born with basic building blocks

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Pragmatic account

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Nurture
We learn
Socialized to develop
Exposed to language 0-7 years of age

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Kids and language

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Learned past tense without being told

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Clever Hans

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Horse that supposedly can do math problems

Subtle visual cues when in vision with the trainer

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Prototype

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Mental image or best example of a category

Ex: robin not penguin

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Algorithms

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Step by step procedures that guarantees solving a particular problem

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Availability heuristic

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Atoms ring the likelihood of events based on their availability
Ex: 911

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Overconfidence

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Overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements

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Belief perseverance

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Clinging to ones initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

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Framing

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Way an issue is posed
Can affect decisions and judgements
Ex: 90 live rather than 10 die

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Aphasia

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Impairment of language can result from damage to any of several cortical areas

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Linguistic determinism

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Language determines the way we think