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Chapter 8 Part 1 Reading Quiz Flashcards

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motivation

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a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.

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Instinct theory was replaced by

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the evolutionary perspective

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evolutionary perspective focuses on

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genetically predisposed behaviors

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Drive-reduction theory focuses on

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inner pushes and external pulls interact

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Arousal theory focuses on

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finding the right level of stimulation

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Hierarchy of needs was created by

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Abraham Maslow

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Hierarchy of needs explains

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how some of our needs take priority over others

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when people criticized themselves

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self-abasement instinct

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when people boasted

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self-assertion iinstinct

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instinct

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behavior which shows pattern through out a species and is innate

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homeostasis

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maintenance of a steady interal state

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drive-reduction theory

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idea of a physiological need creating an aroused tension stat that motivates an organism to satisfy the need

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incentives

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positive or negation environmental stimulus that motivates behavior

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physiological needs

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satisfy hunger & thirst

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safety needs

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need for the world to feel organized/predictable and that you are safe

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belongingness/love needs

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need to loved, accepted, and to avoid separation/loneliness

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esteem needs

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self esteem
achievement
independence
competence
respect from others
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self-actualization needs

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need to live up to our fullest/unique potential

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self-transcendence needs

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need to find meaning/identity beyond the self

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glucose

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sugar circulates in the blood and provides a source of energy for body tissues

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when glucose levels are low

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we feel hunger

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ghrelin

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a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach

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obestatin

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sends out a fullness signal that suppresses hunger

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leptin

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a protein which is secreted by fat cells and acts to diminish the rewarding pleasure of food

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set point

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an individuals weight thermostat

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when the body falls below the set point

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there is an increase in hunger and a lowered metabolic rate may act to restore the lost weight

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basal metabolic rate

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the body’s resting rate of energy expenditure

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neophobia

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dislike of unfamiliar things

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Anorexia nerovsa

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individual diets significantly yet still feels fat

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individuals with anorexia nervosa are

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15% underweight

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when anorexia girls

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starve/diet

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individuals with bulimia nervosa

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purge/vomit

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binge-eating disorder

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significantly binge eat followed by remorse but do not fast,purge or exercise excessively

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social cultural influences on eating behavior

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  • culturally learned taste preferences

- responses to cultural preference for appearance

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biological influences on eating behavior

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  • appetite hormones
  • stomach pangs
  • weight set/set point
  • attraction sweet/salty tastes
  • adaptive wariness to novel foods
  • hypothalamic centers monitoring appetite
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heritability

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genetic influences on individual differences

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sexual response cycle

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four stages of sexual responding

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four stages in sexual response cycle

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  • excitement
  • plateau
  • orgasm
  • resolution
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refractory period

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a resting period after orgasm

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men may not have an other orgasm for up to

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a day

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estrogen

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sex hormones secreted in greater amounts by females

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in nonhuman mammal estrogen peaks during

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ovulation- promoting sexual receptivity

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testosterone

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more in males which stimulates growth of sex organs and sex characteristics

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biological influences of sexual motivation

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  • sexual maturity
  • sex hormones- testosterone
  • sexual orientation
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psychological influences of sexual motivation

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  • exposure to stimulating conditions

- sexual fantasies

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socialcultural influences of sexual motivation

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  • family/society values
  • religious/personal values
  • cultural expectations
  • media
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sexual orientation

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gay or straight

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asexual

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having never felt sexually attracted to anyone

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fraternal birth order effect

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the more older brothers the more likely the child is homosexual

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ostracism

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social exclusion

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Cannon-Bard theory

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Theory that emotion arousing stimuli trigger physiological responses and the subjective experience of emotion

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James-Lange Theory

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Theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of out physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli

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Two-factor theory

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Schachter-Singer theory that to experience emotion one must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal

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emotion responses involved

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a whole organism

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emotion is illustrated by

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physiological arousal, expressive behaviors and conscious experience

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James-Lange Theory

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experience of emotion follows our physiological response

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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Emotion arousing stimulus simultaneously triggers our physiological response and experience of emotion

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Two-factor theory is also called

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The Schachter-Singer Theory

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Two- Factor theory proposes

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to experience emotion we must be physically aroused and cognitively label the arousal

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autonomic nervous system

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mobilizes your body for action and calms following crisis

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sympathetic divsion

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directs your adrenal glands to release epinephrine and norepinephrine

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epiniphrine is the same as

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adrenaline

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norepinephrine is the same as

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noradrenaline

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polygraphs are frequently used

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machines used to detect lies

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polygrpah

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measure several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion

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arousal fuels emotion while

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cognition channels it

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spill-over effect

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arousal response effects our next response by (spilling over)

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empathy

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you identify with others and imagine what it must be like to walk in their shoes

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emotional display rules

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expressing more emotion to fellow group members than outsiders

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biological influences of emotion

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  • physiological arousal
  • evolutionary adaptiveness
  • brain pathways
  • spillover effect
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psychological influences of emotion

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  • cognitive labeling

- gender differences

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social-cultural influences

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  • expressiveness
  • presence of others
  • cultural expectations
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facial feedback

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effect of facial expressions on experienced emotions; as when a facial expression of anger or happiness intesifies feelings of anger or happiness

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critical period

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time shortly after birth; effects the development of baby birds because they are imprinting- forming attachments with the first things they come in contact with

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Fluid intelligence

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ability to reason speedily and abstractedly- decreases during later adulthood

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James-Lange

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we experience physiological response (body language) before realizing emotion (fear)- often main motivation for fear

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unconditioned stimulus (classical conditioning)

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original cause of reaction/response

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unconditioned stimulus example

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oysters; which in turn caused them to be sick (unconditioned response)

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conditioned stimulus

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what is paired with unconditioned stimulus to create same response

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conditioned stimulus

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ex: someone who eats oysters and becomes sick the following time they smell oysters and they would get a similar reaction because of their prior association.

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unconditioned/conditioned stimuli generally

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cause us to form associations between stimuli

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refractory period in neural firing

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time after neural firing where action potential can not occur- helps our neurons to return to their resting potential

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action potential

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a neural impulse/ which may transfer information

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sound localization

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where we identify the localization of a certain sound; directs our attention towards different noise making stimuli

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spontaneous recovery

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sudden experience of a previously extinguished response; old habits may reoccur after relapsing

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Anterograde Amnesia

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inability to create new memories after an incident; prominent in elderly/ amnesia victims and those involved in accidents which impacted their brain.

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