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Language is a means to communicate messages, verbally or non-verbally.

Description

Language in the psychology context refers to the complex system of communication that involves the use of symbols, sounds, and gestures to convey meaning. It plays a crucial role in shaping our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Psychologists study language to understand how it develops, how it is processed in the brain, and how it influences cognitive processes. Language is not only a means of communicating with others but also a tool for organizing our thoughts and experiences. The study of language in psychology includes various aspects such as semantics, syntax, pragmatics, and phonetics.

Application Areas

• Developmental psychology
• Clinical psychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Neuropsychology
• Social psychology

Treatment and Risks

• Speech therapy
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Risks of language disorders such as difficulties in communication and social interaction
• Risks of language impairment due to brain injuries or neurological disorders

Examples

• Studying language acquisition in children
• Using language to assess cognitive function in patients with brain injuries
• Investigating the relationship between language and culture

Similar Concepts and Synonyms

• Communication
• Verbal behavior
• Speech and language
• Linguistic psychology

Weblinks

• travel-glossary.com: 'Language' in the travel-glossary.com
• allerwelt-lexikon.de: 'Sprache' in the allerwelt-lexikon.de (German)
• information-lexikon.de: 'Sprache' in the information-lexikon.de (German)

Articles with 'Language' in the title

• American Sign Language (ASL): American Sign Language (ASL) : American Sign Language (ASL) refers to the communication of meaning through the use of symbols that are formed by moving the hands and arms
• Body language: Body language refers to gestures, postures, and facial expressions used to communicate nonverbally. Other /More definition: Body language refers to the display of certain body movements as brought about by deception or truthfulness
• British Sign Language: British Sign Language : British Sign Language refers to a visual means of communication relying on facial expressions, gestures and body language, used within the deaf community and learned naturally by interaction, which is not dependent . . .
• Expressive Language Disorder: Expressive Language Disorder refers to individual’s problems in spoken communication, as measured by significantly low scores on standardized tests of expressive language relative to non-verbal intelligence test scores
• Language about death: Language about death refers to speech about topics like death, dying, and bereavement. In the psychology context, language about death refers to the words, expressions, and phrases that people use to talk about death and dying
• Language acquisition support system: Language acquisition support system : Language acquisition support system or LASS refers to the idea proposed by Bruner that adults and older children have learning devices that interact with children's Language acquisition devices (LAD ) . . .
• Language bioprogram hypothesis: Language bioprogram hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that children whose environmental exposure to language is limited, use a backup linguistic system
• Language games: Language games is a term which according to Wittgenstein is the linguistic conventions that guide activities within a community. In psychology, 'language games' refers to the idea that language is not a fixed set of rules or structures, but . . .
• Language Proficiency: Language proficiency in the psychology context refers to the degree of skill and fluency an individual has in using a particular language. It encompasses a range of abilities including understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in that . . .
• Language socialization: Language socialization refers to the process by which children learn the socially appropriate use of language in their communities and the process by which language socializes children to adopt the attitudes and behaviors of their communiti . . .
• Language-making capacity (LMC): Language-making capacity (LMC) : Language-making capacity (LMC ) : Language-making capacity or LMC refers to a hypothesized set of specialized linguistic processing skills that enable children to analyze speech and to detect phonological, . . .
• Productivity or Generativity of language: Productivity or Generativity of language is the characteristic of all human languages by which they make use of a finite repertoire of sounds to produce a potentially infinite number of sentences
• Thinking style and language: Thinking style and language refers to a term used in a mental status exam to indicate how a person thinks. This includes information on the client's Vocabulary use and sentence struc ture
• Written language: Written language: Written language comprises all facets of written expression, eg. handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, format, ability to express one's thoughts in sentences and paragraphs, etc
• Expressive Language: Expressive Language refers to the communication of thoughts, desires and intentions through speech and/or alternative or augmentative communication. Other definition: Expressive Language refers to the communication of thoughts, desires and . . .
• Language age: Language age refers to language abilities typically associated (via standardized, normed tests) with the demonstrated level of ability at that chronological age
• Oral language: Oral language refers to the verbal communication skills needed to understand (listen) and to use (speak) language.
• Receptive Language: Receptive Language refers to the processing of language via auditory and Reading comprehension. Other definition: Receptive language refers to the language that is spoken or written by others and received by the individual
• Sign Language: Sign Language : Sign Language refers to a language using signs and gesture instead of speech to communicate.
• Language acquisition device: Language acquisition device: Language acquisition device : Language Acquisition device refers to an innate knowledge of grammatical structure.
• Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder: Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder refers to the disorder involving deficits in the ability to express oneself through Language and to understand the Language of others
• Language acquisition: Language acquisition refers to the process by which a cognitive processor comes to develop linguistic competence and performance.
• Language differentiation: Language differentiation refers to the task of children growing up exposed to two (2) or more languages to figure out that they are hearing two (2) different languages rather than one language that is some combination of both
• Language perception: Language perception refers to the ability to recognize sounds and differentiate among sound combinations before the meanings of these sounds are understood
• Language production: Language production refers to the generation of language material by an individual. One of the first significant events is the naming of objects.
• Mixed receptive–expressive language disorder: Mixed receptive–expressive language disorder : mixed receptive–expressive language disorder is a form of communication disorder characterized by deficits in expressive language coupled with a difficulty in understanding some aspects . . .
• Dissociability (of language and cognition): Dissociability (of language and cognition) : Dissociability (of language and cognition ) refers to the independence of one function from the other, which would imply that each function relies on a separate underlying mental capacity
• Dominant language switch hypothesis: Dominant language switch hypothesis: Dominant language switch hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that children tend to learn a second language more completely than adults do because children, more than adults, tend to switch to the second . . .
• Language and Communication: Language and Communication in psychology refer to the study of how humans use language to convey information, emotions, and intentions, and how this process affects and is affected by cognitive and social factors
• Language input: Language input refers to the speech children hear. Language input is the "input" to the Language Acquisition Device. Please see Language Acquisition Device
• Language transfer: Language transfer: Language transfer is a term in second-language acquisition that refers to the process in which the first language influences the acquisition of a subsequent language- influences of the native language on second language . . .
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts: Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts refers to an index to articles on language and language-related fields in 1500 journals
• Pragmatics of language: Pragmatics of language the aspects of language that extend beyond the literal.
• Productive language: Productive language a language that which the individual is capable of expressing or producing in his/her own speech. Moreover, Productive language refers to the language a child can actually produce, or speak
• Whole-language approach: Whole-language approach refers to the method of reading instruction based on the notions that children do not need explicit phonics

Summary

Language in the psychology context is a multifaceted phenomenon that influences our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Psychologists study language to understand its development, processing in the brain, and impact on cognitive processes. The application of language in psychology spans various areas such as developmental, clinical, cognitive, neuropsychology, and social psychology. Treatment for language-related issues includes speech therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy, while risks include difficulties in communication and social interaction. Overall, language is a fundamental aspect of human experience that shapes our perception of the world and interactions with others.

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