Ch 10 Flashcards

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Circadian rhythms

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Cyclical changes in body functions and arousal levels that vary on a schedule approximating a 24-hour day

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2
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Taste aversion

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An active dislike for a particular food

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3
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Bait shyness

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An in willingness or hesitation on the part of animals to eat a particular food due to a conditioned response

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Biological preparedness (to learn)

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An organism is able to learn some associations more easily then others

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5
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Set point (for fat)

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The amount of fat that you have that is sustained. Your average fat.

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Extracellular thirst

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Thirst caused by a reduction in the volume of fluids found between body cells

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Intracellular thirst

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Thirst triggered when fluids are drawn out of cells due to an increased concentration of salts and minerals outside the cells

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8
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Estrus

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Changes in the sexual drives of animals usually in reference to mating

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Non-homeostatic drive

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A drive that is relatively independent of physical deprivation cycles or body needs states

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10
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Arousal theory

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Assumes that people prefer to maintain ideal, or comfortable, levels of arousal.

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11
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Homeostasis

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Circadian rhythms

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12
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Yerkes-Dodson law

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A summary of the relationships among arousal, task complexity, and performance

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13
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Opponent-process theory

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Strong emotions tend to be followed by the opposite emotional state

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14
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Social motives

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Learned motives acquired as part of growing up in a particular society or culture

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15
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Hierarchy of human needs

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Abraham Maslow’s ordering of needs, based on their presumed strength or potency

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16
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Basic needs

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The first four levels of needs in Maslow’s hierarchy; lower needs tend to be more potent then higher needs

17
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Growth needs

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In Maslow’s hierarchy, needs related to self actualization

18
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Meta-needs

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Expression of tendency’s to fully develop your self actualization

Maslow

19
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Intrinsic motivation

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Motivations that come from within

20
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Extrinsic motivations

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Motivations based on obvious external rewards

21
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Adaptive behaviors

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Actions that aid attempts to survive and adapt to changing conditions

22
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Physiological changes (emotion)

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Alterations in heart beat ex

23
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Basic emotions

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Fear,surprise,sadness,disgust,anger,anticipation,joy,and acceptance

24
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Autonomic nervous system

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(ANS) the system of nerves that connects the brain with the internal organs

25
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Sympathetic branch

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A part of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body at times of stress

26
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Parasympathetic branch

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A part of the autonomic nervous system that quiets the body and conserves energy

27
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Parasympathetic rebound

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Excess activity in the parasympathetic nervous system following a period of intense emotion

28
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Amygdala

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A part of the lambic system that produces fear response

29
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Alexithymia

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A learned difficulty expressing emotions; more common in men

30
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Kinesics

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Study of the meaning of body movements, postures, hand gestures ex

31
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James-Langes theory

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A theory stating emotional feelings follow bodily arousal and comes from awareness of such arousal

32
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Connon-bard theory

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A theory stating that emotions occur by situational cues

33
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Attribution

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The mental process of assigning causes to events