Lecture on Language, Social Interaction, and Psychological Concepts

These flashcards cover key concepts from the lecture, including definitions, examples, and applications related to language, social interaction, psychological development, and cultural understanding.

Common ground

Information shared by people who engage in a conversation.

Adjacency pair

Inference from listener, then nodding from speaker to confirm listener's comprehension.

Audience design

Constructing utterances based on the audience's knowledge.

Lexicon

The collection of words and expressions in a language.

Syntax

The grammatical rules for arranging words and expressions.

Speech rate and accent

Characteristics in conversations where people exhibit similar accents and speaking rates.

Situation models

Mental representations of an event, object, or situation that are constructed during comprehension.

Priming

Activation of certain thoughts or feelings that make related concepts easier to access.

Imitation

The act of executing the same action as another person.

Cognitive ability to infer

The ability of one idea to lead to another.

Ingroup vs Outgroup

Ingroup: group to which a person belongs; Outgroup: group to which a person does NOT belong.

Linguistic intergroup bias

The tendency to use more abstract expressions for positive ingroup traits and less abstract expressions for negative outgroup traits.

Semanticity

The extent to which words meaningfully represent ideas, events, and objects symbolically.

Generativity

The ability to produce an infinite number of sentences using a limited set of rules and words.

Displacement

The ability of language to refer to things that are not present.

Theory of Mind

The human capacity to understand others' mental states.

Autism

A developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interactions and communications.

Cognitive development

The development of thinking across the lifespan.

Biopsychosocial model

A health model that integrates biological, psychological, and social factors.

Coping strategies

Methods used to manage stress and its effects.

Positive emotions

Emotions that are desirable and contribute to psychological well-being.

Gender roles

Behaviours, attitudes, and traits designated as masculine or feminine in a culture.