Liam PS Week 10

Emotion, stress, language

Amygdala

Acts as the hub for emotion

Hypothalamus

Controls the physiological aspects of emotion.

Prefrontal Cortex

Involved in the behavioral response.

Hippocampus

Plays a role in forming memories.

Appraisal

How an individual interprets the stressful nature of an event.

Learned Helplessness

A lack of belief in one’s ability to manage situations.

Language Acquisition

The term used to describe how infants learn to understand and speak their native language.

B.F. Skinner’s Behaviorist Model of Language Acquisition

Language is a form of behavior like any other and is subject to conditioning.

Noam Chomsky’s Universal Grammar (2)

1. Humans have an innate ability that allows them to learn language from limited exposure.

2. Also known as the Language Acquisition Device (LAD).

Broca’s Area (2)

1. Involved in speech production.

2. Located in the left hemisphere of the frontal lobe

Resource Model of Attention (2)

1. States that attention comes from a limited pool of resources. Tasks use both modality-specific and general resources. If multiple tasks require more resources than are available, they cannot be performed successfully at the same time.

2. 3 factors of multitasking in this model: (A) Task similarity - More similar tasks are harder to do together because they use the same resources. (B) Task difficulty - More difficult tasks require more attentional resources. (C) Task practice - Practice reduces a task's resource demands, making multitasking easier.

Phonological Loop (Baddeley’s Model of Working Memory) (2)

1. Allows us to repeat verbal information to help us remember it.

2. Responsible for processing and storing spoken and written information.

Manifest Content (Freud)

The symbolic version of the latent content that appears in a dream. The themes or storyline of a dream.

Physical Dependence

When someone experiences withdrawal from not using the drug.

Hallucinogens (Psychedelics) (3)

1. Create hallucinations by distorting perception without sensory input.

2. Includes LSD and marijuana.

3. Have a low level of physical dependence.