Chapter 10 - Emotion & Motivation

Question 1

Drive theory

Answer 1

deviations from homeostasis creates physiological needs

Question 2

Yerkes-Dodson law

Answer 2

simple tasks are performed best when arousal levels are high & vice-versa for complex tasks

Question 3

Self-efficacy

Answer 3

individuals belief in their own capability to complete a task

Question 4

Leptin

Answer 4

Satiety hormone

Question 5

Set-point theory (lbs.)

Answer 5

asserts that each individual has an ideal body weight which is resistant to change

Question 6

Overweight BMI?

Answer 6

25-29.9

Question 7

Obese BMI?

Answer 7

30+

Question 8

Morbid obesity BMI?

Answer 8

40+

Question 9

Sexual response cycle

Answer 9

1.) excitement
2.) plateau
3.) orgasm
4.) resolution

Question 10

plateau

Answer 10

full arousal, full erection, full muscle tone

Question 11

resolution

Answer 11

rapid return to unarousal

Question 12

Refractory period

Answer 12

period of time following organism when an individual cannot orgasm again

Question 13

gender confusion must last at least ____ to be diagnosed as gender dysphoria

Answer 13

6 mos.

Question 14

Components of emotion

Answer 14

physiological arousal, psychological appraisal, subjective experiences

Question 15

James-Lange Theory

Answer 15

Emotions arise from physiological arousal

Question 16

Cannon-Bard Theory

Answer 16

Physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously, yet independently

Question 17

Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory

Answer 17

The label we give an emotion depends on our
cognitive label – “I’m scared”

Question 18

Lazarus’ Cognitive-Mediational Theory

Answer 18

Emotions are determined by our appraisal of the
stimulus

Question 19

Basolateral complex

Answer 19

Part of amygdala critical for attaching emotional value to memory

Question 20

Central nucleus

Answer 20

plays role in attention

Question 21

Cultural display rule

Answer 21

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).

Question 22

Emotions arise in the ______ system

Answer 22

limbic system

Question 23

Emotions arouse the _______ nervous system

Answer 23

Autonomic

Question 24

Arousal theory

Answer 24

Underaroused=boredom
Overaroused=overwhelmed

Question 25

Moderate arousal is ______ according to Arousal Theory

Answer 25

optimal

Question 26

Freud proposed that human behavior is driven by two things:

Answer 26

1.) sex (libido)
2.) death (thanatos)