Chapter 6 Flashcards
Knowledge, beliefs, feelings, intentions, and desires
Mental states
The process of inferring or attributing mental states to others
Mentalizing
In the broadest sense, an emotional reaction to (or understanding of) another person’s feelings.
Empathy
Feelings of warmth, concern and care for the other
Compassion
A feeling of compassion or concern for another person.
Sympathy
A concern about someone else’s situation.
Pity
Perspective taking putting oneself in someone else’s situation
Perspective taking
Spontaneous mimicry of gestures during positive inter-personal exchanges
Chameleon effect
a belief that does not correspond to current reality.
False belief
The attribution of human characteristics to non-human animals, objects, or other concepts
Anthropomorphism
Defcits in spoken language comprehension or production, typically acquired as a result of brain damage.
Aphasia
an organized cluster of different information (e.g. describing the subroutines of a complex action)
Schema
a neurological condition associated with progressive deterioration in the meaning of objects and words
Semantic dementia
What are mirror neurons?
Mirror neurons are neurons that activate both when an individual performs an action and when they observe someone else performing the same action, suggesting a mechanism for empathy and imitation
What role does the amygdala play in social behavior?
The amygdala is crucial for processing emotional responses, particularly fear and threat, and is involved in social cognition such as recognizing facial expressions.
