Chapter 10 - Emotion & Motivation Flashcards
Drive theory
deviations from homeostasis creates physiological needs
Yerkes-Dodson law
simple tasks are performed best when arousal levels are high & vice-versa for complex tasks
Self-efficacy
individuals belief in their own capability to complete a task
Leptin
Satiety hormone
Set-point theory (lbs.)
asserts that each individual has an ideal body weight which is resistant to change
Overweight BMI?
25-29.9
Obese BMI?
30+
Morbid obesity BMI?
40+
Sexual response cycle
1.) excitement
2.) plateau
3.) orgasm
4.) resolution
plateau
full arousal, full erection, full muscle tone
resolution
rapid return to unarousal
Refractory period
period of time following organism when an individual cannot orgasm again
gender confusion must last at least ____ to be diagnosed as gender dysphoria
6 mos.
Components of emotion
physiological arousal, psychological appraisal, subjective experiences
James-Lange Theory
Emotions arise from physiological arousal
Cannon-Bard Theory
Physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously, yet independently
Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory
The label we give an emotion depends on our
cognitive label – “I’m scared”
Lazarus’ Cognitive-Mediational Theory
Emotions are determined by our appraisal of the
stimulus
Basolateral complex
Part of amygdala critical for attaching emotional value to memory
Central nucleus
plays role in attention
Cultural display rule
culturally specific standards that determine the types of emotions that are acceptable. (e.g. U.S. expressing negative emotions with people, and Japan expressing them alone).
Emotions arise in the ______ system
limbic system
Emotions arouse the _______ nervous system
Autonomic
Arousal theory
Underaroused=boredom
Overaroused=overwhelmed
Moderate arousal is ______ according to Arousal Theory
optimal
Freud proposed that human behavior is driven by two things:
1.) sex (libido)
2.) death (thanatos)
