The field of psychology concerned with how we acquire and use language is called
A) cognitive psychology.
B) speech psychology.
C) psycholinguistics.
D) language psychology.
E) None of the above

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Psycholinguistics is the branch of psychology that studies how language is acquired, produced, and understood. Cognitive psychology broadly deals with mental processes, but psycholinguistics specifically focuses on language.

The Field of Psychology Concerned with How We Acquire and Use