In our last post, we talked about the James-Lange Theory of Emotion. That was just one of the theories of emotion. This week, we’re going to discuss another theory of emotion – the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion. Background of the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion In the early 1900’s, Walter Bradford Cannon (1871 – 1945), a physiologist at Harvard University, was...| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a developmental disorder in children that interferes with the child’s learning process. Its symptoms can last from infancy to adulthood and are 2-4 times more common in boys than in girls. The symptoms of attention deficit disorder are usually identified through classroom observation. Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder Here are some common symptoms of children...| The Psychology Notes Headquarters
The First Five Years A few months after it is born, an infant starts to babble and coo. These meaningless sounds signify the initial stage in the development of language, which proceeds at an unbelievably rapid rate during the first five years of a child’s life. Babbling increasingly starts to approximate the language spoken by the child’s caregivers, initially through...| The Psychology Notes Headquarters