Chapters 13 and 14 vocab Flashcards
emotion
a combination of physical experience and the conscious experience of feeling it
emotional expressions
expressions that display one’s emotions
valence
a positive (attractive) or negative (aversive) reaction to an object or event
cortisol
a hormone released by the adrenal glands that promote arousal
lateralization
the localization of a function in one hemisphere or the other
spontaneous usage
no training or force is necessary to make individuals communicate
prosody
the use of pitch and intonation in language to convey emotional tone and meaning
alexia
deficit in reading
dyslexia
a condition in which there is difficulty learning to read in spite of normal intelligence and exposure to standard instruction
aphasia
a condition involving the lost ability to speak or understand language
Wernicke’s Area
where: the part of the human secondary auditory cortex that specifically decodes speech
aphasia: a condition in which speech is fluent, but comprehension, repetition, and naming are quite poor
Broca’s Area
where: area near the primary motor cortex in the frontal lobe that participates in speech production
aphasia: condition marked by slow speech, good comprehension, poor repetition and naming
James-Lange Theory
a theory of emotion in which a person’s physical state provides cues for the identification of an emotional state
Cannon-Bard theory
a theory of emotion in which the simultaneous activation of physical responses and the recognition of subjective feelings occur independently
Schatcher-Sing theory
a theory of emotion in which general arousal leads to cognitive assessment of the context, which in turn leads to the identification of an emotional state.
