behavior Flashcards
striving to be at the top
self actualization
beauty, beautiful surroundings
truth, perfection, justice
aesthetic
need to know, understand, explore
cognitive
need for self worth, self confidence, worthwhile person
esteem
need for affection, affiliation, social belonging
belongingness and love
security, stability, freedom from danger
safety
survival needs
physiological
UCLA
words
7%
UCLA
intonation
35%
UCLA
nonverbals
58%
pairs of opposites and similarity
other emotions are a blend= mixed emotions
primary and mixed emotions
how emotions are organized
you cannot opposite emotions symmetrically
pobert plutchick
primary emotion
joy
acceptance fear surprise sadness disgust anger anticipation
mixed emotions
time patience practice repetition only factor you can control
effort
4 attributes of success and failure
effort
ability
task difficulty
luck
how long does it take to change a habit
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the psychological process that arouses, directs, and maintains behavior toward a goal
explains the “why” of behavior
motivation
the expected outcome that causes an individual to strive toward a goal
motive
a lack of something
need
a psychological condition that activated behavior toward a goal
drive
“big 8” drives
sex hunger thirst warmth elimination sleep air avoid pain
popular theory in the 1940s and 1950s which maintained that behavior is motivated by the need to reduce drives
clark hull
aims at homeostasis
drive reduction theory
the goal object or condition you are working toward
positive or negative stimulus that motivated behavior
incentive
the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point beyond which performance decreases
yerkes dodson law
a complex, inherited behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species
humans do not have these
instincts
all human beings are born with five basic needs built into their genetic structure survival love/ belonging power/ control freedom/ choices fun
william glassers control/ choice theory
taste receptors
craving foods
mouth
stretch receptors
determines amounts of food
stomach
reduces hunger
small intestines
secretes insulin
pancreas
major brain structure linked to hunger drive
hypothalamus
induces overeating when destroyed
ventromedial hypothalamus
inhibits eating when destroyed
lateral hypothalamus
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
set point
rate at which body burns calories just to keep itself alive
body resting rate of energy expenditure
nasal metabolic rate
time of day
taste, smell, sight, sound, texture of food
ecology of eating
temperature
environmental factors
being 20% or more overweight
BMI of 30 or more
obesity
why is it so difficult to take weight off and keep it off
genetics
overeat bc it deep seated anxiety, insecurity, sexual needs
50s
psychological explanation
skinner, watson, pavlov
people eat in response to wrong stimuli
60s
behavioral approach
overweight people eat in response to external cues
late 60s and 70s
stanley schachter
externality hypothesis
combo of largely genetic factors, including number of fat cells, etc
setpoint theory
desire to perform a behavior for its own sake
begin more activities, enjoy more, persist in it longer
intringie
desire to perform a task for an award
extringie
a motivated state marked by psychological expressive behavior and cognitive experience
emotion
intringie mot. will increase if reward is
decrease if the reward is perceived to control
cognitive evaluation
scariest stage in life
preschool
imaginary fears
3-5 years
so absorbed that you lose consciousness of self and time
flow
3 common fears
failure
rejections- being different
social situations
what has doubled since 1950
buying power
people are happy is mentally engaged by what
active leisure
3 coping methods
self reliance
self bolstering
selective ignoring
when personal qualities or achievements don’t measure up
envy
an actual or desired relationship is threatened
jealousy
