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10.1 Language, thought and communication

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Question 7

The table compares an animal alarm call with human language.

Human languageAnimal communication
[complete]An alarm call signals a predator that is present now and is tied to this immediate situation.

Complete the table by describing how a human could communicate about a predator in a way that the alarm call cannot, and name the criterion of language from Aitchison (1983) that your answer shows.

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10.1 Language, thought and communication Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /10.1 Language, thought and communication

48 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 10.1 Language, thought and communication, covering 10.1.1 Relationship between language and thought, 10.1.2 How thought and language affect views of the world, 10.1.3 Human vs animal communication, 10.1.4 Non-verbal communication examples, and 10.1.5 Explanations of non-verbal communication. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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