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Ch. 9 - Motivation & Emotion Flashcards

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achievement motivation

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need 2 master harder challenges, outperform others, meet high standards of excellence

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affective forecasting

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efforts 2 predict one’s emotional reactions to certain events

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anorexia

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ED (usually adolescent girl) diets & becomes 15% underweight & still feels fat & continues to starve

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approach-approach conflict

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conflict situation in which a choice must be made b/w 2 attractive goals

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approach-avoidance conflict

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conflict situation in which a choice must be made abt whether 2 pursue 1 goal that has good & bad qualities

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arousal theory

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physical environment can affect arousal levels by stimulation/stress created when needs aren’t met

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avoidance-avoidance conflict

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conflict situation in which choice must be made b/w 2 unattractive goals

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bulimia

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ED characterized by eps. of of overeating, usually high cal foods, followed by thorough cleansing

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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion

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Emotion-arousing simultaneously triggers physiological responses & subjective experience of emotion

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catharsis

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emotional release!! catharsis is a hypothesis, releasing aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges

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coronary heart disease

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clogging of vessels that nourish the heart (#1 cause of death in USA)

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display rules

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cultural norms that regulate the appropriate expression of emotion

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drive

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internal state of tension that motivates an organism 2 engage in activities that should reduce the tension

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drive reduction theory

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physiological need creates an aroused tension state (drive) that motivates an organism 2 satisfy the need

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emotion

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response of whole organism involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, & conscious experience

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estrogens

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sex hormones estradiol, secretes in greater amounts in females & contributing 2 female sex characteristics. In animals, levels peak during ovulation, increasing sexual receptivity

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extrinsic motivators

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external incentives 2 engage in specific activity, especially motivators arising from expectations of punishment/reward

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facial feedback effect

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effect of facial expressions of experienced emotions, as when facial expression of anger/joy intensifies those feelings

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feel good do good phenomenon

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ppl’s tendency to be helpful when already in a good mood

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general adaptation syndrome (GAS)

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Selye’s model of body’s stress response, consisting of 3 stages: alarm, resistance, exhaustion

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glucose

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form of sugar that circulates in blood & provides major sources of energy 4 body tissues, low glucose=hunger

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health psychology

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subfield focuses on relationship b/w socio-environmental factors influencing health, health treatment, & psychological effects on health

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homeostasis

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tendency 2 maintain balanced/constant internal state - regulation of any aspect of chem like blood-sugar, around a certain level

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incentives

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pos/neg environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

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instincts

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complex behavior that’s rigidly patterned throughout a species & is unlearned

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intrinsic motivators

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incentives 2 engage in activity that drives pleasure from activity itself, not external benefits

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James-Lang theory of emotion

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our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses 2 emotion-arousing stimuli

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lymphocyte

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2 types of white blood cells that r part of body’s immune system (B & T cells)

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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pyramid of human needs, beginning @ base w/physiological needs that must be met 1st b4 moving higher-level safety needs & physiological needs become active

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motivation

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a need/desire that energizes/directs behavior

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need

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condition of tension in organism resulting from deprivation of something required for well-being, personal fulfillment, survival

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obesity

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condition of being overweight

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Opponent-process theory of motivation

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stimulus/event simultaneously arouses primary affective state which may be good & opposing state which reduces primary state’s intensity

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parental investment

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what each sex invests- in terms of time,energy, survival risk, & forgone opportunities - 2 produce/nurture offspring

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polygraph

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device that records autonomic fluctuations while subject is questioned in effort to 2 determine if subject is lying

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primary drives

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innate drive, universal/species-specific that’s made by deprivation of something/need 2 engage in some activity

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psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

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study of how psychological, neural, endocrine processes together affect immune sys. & resulting health

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psycho-physiological illness

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“mind-body” illness, any stress-related physical illness like hypertension/headaches

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refractory period

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resting period after orgasm, during which man can’t achieve another orgasm

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secondary drives

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learned drive, developed thru association w/generalization or from primary drive

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self-actualization

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need to fulfill one’s potential

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set point

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point @ which individual’s “weight thermostat” is supposedly set

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sexual dysfunction

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disorder -> issues in phases of sexual response, can be primary or show up later

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sexual orientation

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enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one’s own sex/other sex

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sexual response cycle

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4 stages of sexual responding described by Masters/Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution

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stress

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process by which we perceive certain events (stressors) that we deem threatening/challenging

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subjective well-being

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Individual’s perception of their overall happiness/life satisfaction

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testosterone

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most important male sex hormone. M&F have it but you men have more testosterone stimulates growth of male sex organs/characteristics

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two-factor theory

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Schachter-Singer theory that 2 experience emotion 1 must be physically aroused & cognitively label the arousal

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Yerkes-Dodson law

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relation b/w motivation & performance can be shown by inverted U curve

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