Glossary
James-Lange somatic theory of emotion: a peripheral-feedback theory of emotion stating that an eliciting stimulus triggers a behavioural response that sends different sensory and motor feedback to the brain and creates the feeling of a specific emotion
joint attention: usually refers to the attention of an infant and adult to the same object or event
judgement: the drawing of a conclusion, usually probabilistic, from a combination of knowledge and observation
just world hypothesis: Lerner’s idea that people have the belief that others get what they deserve. People try to maintain this just world belief