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Chapter 11- Emotion and Motivation Flashcards

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Emotion

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Mental state of feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences

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Discrete emotion theory

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Theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that are rooted in their biology

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Primary emotions

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Small number (7) of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross-culturally universal

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Seven primary emotions

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  1. Happiness
  2. Sadness
  3. Surprise
  4. Anger
  5. Disgust
  6. Fear
  7. Contempt

“Pride” may also be a primary emotion

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Display rules

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Cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions

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Genuine expression

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Duchenne smile

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Fake smile

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Pan am smile (marked by the movement of the mouth but not the eyes)

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Cognitive theories of emotions

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Theories proposing that emotions are products of thinking

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James-Lange theory of emotion

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Theory proposing that emotions result from our interpretations of our bodily reactions to stimuli

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Somatic marker theory

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Theory proposing that we use our “gut reactions” to help us determine how we should act

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Cannon-Bard theory

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Theory proposing that an emotion-provoking even leads simultaneously to an emotion and to bodily reactions

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Two factor theory

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Emotions are produced but an undifferentiated arousal (alterness), with an attribution of that arousal

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Mere exposure effect

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Phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likely to feel favourably towards

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Facial feedback hypothesis

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Theory that blood vessels in the face feed back temperature information in the brain, altering our experience of emotions

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Nonverbal leakage

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Unconscious spillover of emotions into nonverbal behaviour

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Gestures can also convey emotion through 2 factors

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  1. Illustrators
  2. Manipulators
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Illustrators

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Use when talking to highlight or accentuate the verbal message we are saying

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Manipulators

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Gestures of stroking, biting, pressing, or otherwise touching a part of one’s own body while under stress

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Emblems

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More culture- specific gestures

Such as okay sign, waving , thumbs up

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Proxemics

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Study of personal space

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Four levels of distance

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  1. Public distance (12 feet or more)
  2. Social distance (4-12 feet)
  3. Personal distance (1.5-4 feet
  4. Intimate distance (0-1.5 feet)
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Pinocchio response

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Supposedly perfect physiological or behavioural indicator of lying

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Controlled questions test (CQT)

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Most widely administered version of the polygraph test

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Guilty knowledge test (GKT)

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Alternative to the polygraph test that relies on the premises, that criminal harbour concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people do not

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Integrity test

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Questionnaire that presumably assesses workers’ tendency to steal or cheat

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Broaden and build theory

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Happiness predisposes us to think more openly, allowing us to see the “big picture”

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Positive psychology

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Discipline that has sought to emphasis human strength

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Positivity effect

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Tendency for people to remember more positive than negative information with age

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Affective forecasting

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Ability to predict our own and other’s happiness

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Durability bias

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Believe that both our good and bad moods will last longer than they do

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Hedonic treadmill

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Tendency for our mood to adapt to external circumstances

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Self esteem

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Evaluation of our worth

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Narcissism

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A personality trait marked by extreme self- centeredness

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Positive illusions

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Tendencies to perceive ourselves more favourably than others do

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Defensive pessimism

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Strategy of anticipating failures and compensating for this expectation by mentally overpreparing for negative outcomes

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Motivation

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Psychological drives that propel us in a specific direction

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Drive reduction theory

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Certain drives, like hunger, thirst, and sexual frustration, motivate us to act in ways that minimizes aversive states

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Homeostasis

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Equilibrium

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Yerkes-Dodson law

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Inverted U-shaped relation between arousal on the one hand, affect and performance on the other

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What are the 4 conflicts we can face when our drives clash

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  1. Approach-avoidance
  2. Approach-approach
  3. Avoidance-avoidance
  4. Double approach-avoidance
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Incentive theories

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Theories proposing that we are often motivated by positive goals

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Hierarchy of needs

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We must satisfy physiological needs and needs for safety and security before progressing to more complex needs

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Glucostatic theory

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Theory that when our blood glucose levels drop, hunger creates a drive to eat to restore the proper level of glucose

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2 factors of human needs

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  1. Primary (biological), such as huger and thirst
  2. Secondary (psychology)
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Lateral

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Initiating

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Ventromedial

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Stopping

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Lateral hypothalamus

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Feeding center

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Ventromedial hypothalamus

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Satiety center

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Ghrelin

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Communicates with the hypothalamus to increase hunger

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Cholecystokinin

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Counteracts the effects of ghrelin and decreases hunger

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Leptin

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Hormones that signals the hypothalamus and brain stem to reduce appetite and increase the amount of energy used

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Set point

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Value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass we tend to maintain

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Internal - external theory

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Obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues than internal cues

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Bulimia nervosa

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Individuals engage in recurrent binge eating, followed by efforts to minimize weight gain

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Anorexia nervosa

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Eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and irrational perception that one is overweight

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Excitement phase

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Phase in human sexual response in which people experience sexual pleasure and notice physiological change’s associated with it

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Libido

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Sexual desire is a wish or craving for sexual activity and sexual pleasure

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Serotonin and dopamine (key I’m sexual desire)

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Play a role in explaining an intriguing link between migraine headaches and increased libido

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Dopamine

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Plays a role in reward

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Sexual response cycle contains 4 phase:

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  1. Excitement
  2. Plateau phase
  3. Orgasm (climax) phase
  4. Resolution phase
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  1. Excitement phase
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People experience sexual pleasure and start to notice physiological changes, such as penile erecting in men and vaginal swelling and lubrication in women

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Plateau phase

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Sexual tension builds

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Orgasm (climax) phase

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Sexual pleasure and physical changes peak, there are involuntary rhythmic contractions in the muscles of the genitals in men and women, and men ejaculate

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Resolution phase

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Phase following the orgasm phase, where people report relaxation and sense of well-being as the body returns to its unstimulated state

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Three major principles guide aide attraction and relationship formation

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  1. Proximity
  2. Similarity
  3. Reciprocity
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Proximity

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Physical nearness, a predictor of attraction

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Similarly

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Extent to which we have things in common with other, a predictor of attraction

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Reciprocity

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Rule of give and take, a predictor of attraction

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Serendipity

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Sheer luck

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Social role theory

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Biological variables play a role in men’s and women’s preferences, but not in the way that evolutionary psychologists contend

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Passionate love

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Love marked by the powerful, even overwhelming, longing for one’s partner

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Companionate love

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Love marked by a sense of deep friendship and fondness for one’s partner

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The three sides of love (triangle)

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  1. Intimacy
  2. Passion
  3. Commitment

All form to from seven varieties of love

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