behavior Flashcards

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1
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striving to be at the top

A

self actualization

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2
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beauty, beautiful surroundings

truth, perfection, justice

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aesthetic

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3
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need to know, understand, explore

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cognitive

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4
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need for self worth, self confidence, worthwhile person

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esteem

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5
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need for affection, affiliation, social belonging

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belongingness and love

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6
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security, stability, freedom from danger

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safety

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7
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survival needs

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physiological

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8
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UCLA

words

A

7%

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9
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UCLA

intonation

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35%

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10
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UCLA

nonverbals

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58%

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11
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pairs of opposites and similarity

other emotions are a blend= mixed emotions

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primary and mixed emotions

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12
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how emotions are organized

you cannot opposite emotions symmetrically

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pobert plutchick

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13
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primary emotion

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joy

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14
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acceptance
fear 
surprise
sadness
disgust
anger
anticipation
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mixed emotions

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15
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time 
patience
practice
repetition
only factor you can control
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effort

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16
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4 attributes of success and failure

A

effort
ability
task difficulty
luck

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17
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how long does it take to change a habit

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21

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18
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the psychological process that arouses, directs, and maintains behavior toward a goal
explains the “why” of behavior

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motivation

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19
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the expected outcome that causes an individual to strive toward a goal

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motive

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20
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a lack of something

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need

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21
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a psychological condition that activated behavior toward a goal

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drive

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22
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“big 8” drives

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sex
hunger
thirst
warmth
elimination
sleep
air
avoid pain
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23
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popular theory in the 1940s and 1950s which maintained that behavior is motivated by the need to reduce drives
clark hull
aims at homeostasis

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drive reduction theory

24
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the goal object or condition you are working toward

positive or negative stimulus that motivated behavior

A

incentive

25
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the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point beyond which performance decreases

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yerkes dodson law

26
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a complex, inherited behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species
humans do not have these

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instincts

27
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all human beings are born with five basic needs built into their genetic structure 
survival
love/ belonging
power/ control
freedom/ choices
fun
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william glassers control/ choice theory

28
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taste receptors

craving foods

A

mouth

29
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stretch receptors

determines amounts of food

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stomach

30
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reduces hunger

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small intestines

31
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secretes insulin

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pancreas

32
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major brain structure linked to hunger drive

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hypothalamus

33
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induces overeating when destroyed

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ventromedial hypothalamus

34
Q

inhibits eating when destroyed

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lateral hypothalamus

35
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the point at which an individuals “weight thermostat” is supposedly sespecific body weight that brain tries to maintain through regulation of diet, activity, and metabolism

A

set point

36
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rate at which body burns calories just to keep itself alive

body resting rate of energy expenditure

A

nasal metabolic rate

37
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time of day
taste, smell, sight, sound, texture of food
ecology of eating
temperature

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environmental factors

38
Q

being 20% or more overweight

BMI of 30 or more

A

obesity

39
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why is it so difficult to take weight off and keep it off

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genetics

40
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overeat bc it deep seated anxiety, insecurity, sexual needs

50s

A

psychological explanation

41
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skinner, watson, pavlov
people eat in response to wrong stimuli
60s

A

behavioral approach

42
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overweight people eat in response to external cues
late 60s and 70s
stanley schachter

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externality hypothesis

43
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combo of largely genetic factors, including number of fat cells, etc

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setpoint theory

44
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desire to perform a behavior for its own sake

begin more activities, enjoy more, persist in it longer

A

intringie

45
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desire to perform a task for an award

A

extringie

46
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a motivated state marked by psychological expressive behavior and cognitive experience

A

emotion

47
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intringie mot. will increase if reward is

decrease if the reward is perceived to control

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cognitive evaluation

48
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scariest stage in life

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preschool

49
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imaginary fears

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3-5 years

50
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so absorbed that you lose consciousness of self and time

A

flow

51
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3 common fears

A

failure
rejections- being different
social situations

52
Q

what has doubled since 1950

A

buying power

53
Q

people are happy is mentally engaged by what

A

active leisure

54
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3 coping methods

A

self reliance
self bolstering
selective ignoring

55
Q

when personal qualities or achievements don’t measure up

A

envy

56
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an actual or desired relationship is threatened

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jealousy