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Decision theory

Language and Thought

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Grant Clay Period 3 10/11/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 8: Language & Thought Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Cognition ? Mental Processes; Thinking. Language: Turning Thoughts into Words Language ? Consists of Symbols that Convey Meaning, Rules for Combining those Symbols that can generate Messages. Language is Symbolic, Generative, and Structured. The Structure of Language Language has a Hierarchal Structure. Phonemes ? Smallest Speech Units in a Language that can be Distinguished Perceptually. About 100 Different Phonemes/Sounds. Sound. Morphemes ? Smallest Units of Meaning in a Language. Word. Root Words, Pre-Fixes, and Suffixes

Chapter 2 Dye Models of Politics

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Impact of policy is measured through: 1) target group 2) impact on group other than the target group 3) future 4) direct Costs 5) indirect costs -Everything pertaining to policy has to be measured both symbolically and tangibly. - Politics used to be: Who gets what, when and how - Politics has become: who feels what, when and how Ways government agencies review policies: 1) hearings and reports 2) site visits 3) comparison with professional standards 4) evaluation of complaints What government can do about evaluations: -must weigh cost against benefits -comparing what has happened with the policy against what would have happened with out it -Comparison between areas with the policy to that without the policy Experimental policy research:
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