Language and thought Flashcards
What is cognition?
How we “think”
What is a concept?
A group / categories of shared features of related objects, events or stimuli
What is a prototype?
A mental image or best example of a category / concept
Explain natural concepts
Can construct an understanding through direct observation
- snow / fruit / birds
Explain artificial concepts
Understood through a set of properties or characteristics that build on one-another
- area of a square / Pythagoras theory
What are schemas?
Represents clusters of related concepts that helps us organize information
What is a role schema?
How a person should behave based on their categorization
- A prof should be smart and act smart
What is an event schema?
How one is suppose to act in certain events or situations
- when we don’t know, we look to others
Define language
A system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules and that they convey meaning
What are phonemes?
The sounds of language, smallest unit
What are phonetic rules?
How can we combine phonemes to produce sounds (words that make sense)
Define semantic
What words mean
Define syntax
How words are organized
What is language acquisition?
The process of how humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language
How do behaviourists learn language?
Through reinforcement
