Glossary P
Glossary P
Prosody is defined as the intonational and stress pattern and the tempo of an utterance; the intonation contour of speech, including pauses and changes in stress and pitch. Prosody is an aspect of speech that conveys meaning through intonation, tempo, pitch, word stress, fluency, and rhythm. It augments the meaning of spoken language and is important in communicating the emotional content of language.
Prosopagnosia refers to a specific inability or impaired ability to recognize or identify faces, even very familiar ones, but with intact recognition of other objects. It is the special case of inability to recognize people by their faces. It is a form of Visual Agnosia in which the person can not recognize faces. Prosopagnosia is an impaired ability to recognize or identify faces caused by brain damaged. Prosopagnostic patients cannot recognize familiar faces, which can even extend to their own faces in the mirror. However, these patients have generally few problems in recognizing other familiar objects. Face recognition is the most common way we identify people, so the inability to recognize faces is a problem.
Deutsch: Prospect-Theorie / Español: Teoría de las perspectivas / Português: Teoria da perspectiva / Français: Théorie des perspectives / Italiano: Teoria del prospetto
Prospect Theory in the psychology context refers to a behavioral economic theory that describes how people make decisions involving risk and uncertainty. Developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, it challenges the traditional rational model of decision-making, showing that people value potential gains and losses differently—often irrationally.
The theory is widely applied in psychology, economics, marketing, and therapy to understand human biases, especially in how individuals perceive risk, weigh outcomes, and make choices under pressure.