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Names for Wernickes aphasia
Sensory. Receptive. Impressive.
What is considered the unifying category of validity?
Construct
Transcortical aphasia
Caused by lesions outside broca and Wernickes areas that disconnect these areas from other regions of the brain
Can be motor, sensory, or mixed
Global aphasia
Deficits in repetition, comprehension, and output due to damage in several regions of the brain including the cortex and the basal ganglia.
Conduction aphasia
Damage to the archuate vesiculus - poor speech repetition
Balance Theory / Heider
P-O-X
Person - other person - attitude
Who has the highest rates of hypertension
Women
African Americans
Over age 60
OCD is consistent across countries and cultures in terms of
Gender distribution
Age of onset
Comorbidity
Symptom structure
Pragmatic language deficits
Inability to combine language with gesture
Inability to understand humor, irony, implied meaning
Brain lateralization for language is evident
In the first months of life
WISC score pattern for child with autism
Lowest on coding, symbol search, comprehension
WISC pattern for ADHD
Coding arithmetic cancellation
Pattern scores on WISC for LD
Low letter-number, arithmetic, coding
Symbolic racism
Combination of negative affect towards minorities and belief that minorities violate American values.
Having a stepfather
Has more benefits for boys than girls