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Emotion and Motivation Flashcards

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What experiment did Albert Ax perform?

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A blood sample experiment to verify that a physical arousal is present in all emotional expressions.

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What happened in a blood sample experiment when a person experienced fear? (4 things)

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  1. Adrenaline
  2. Heart rate increased
  3. Galvanic skin response decreased
  4. outburst of muscle tension
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What happened in a blood sample experiment when a person experience anger? (4 things)

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  1. No adreniline
  2. Heart rate decreased
  3. Blood pressure increased
  4. Galvanic skin response increased
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What are the 3 components of emotion?

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  1. Physiological
  2. Experential (feelings)
  3. Cognitive (label emotion)
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Define Limbic System

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Controls emotion

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Ekman Experiment (3 components + 1 finding)

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  1. photos of people expressing emotion
  2. both sides were reflected
  3. left side was more expressive.
  4. Limbic system is on the right, which controls the left side of the brain, so left side is more expressive.
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What did Ekman believe about emotional expression and it’s origin?

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Expression is inborn and instinctual.

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Define Love

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A personalized for of joy, triggered by the presence of the love object.

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4 Criteria for love

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  1. intamacy
  2. passion
  3. Commitment
  4. Sacrifice
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Define intimacy

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personalized shared experiences.

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Define Passion

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An enthusiasm and excitement for life

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Define Commitment

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Be committed through thick and thin

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Define Sacrifice

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Be willing to sacrifice everything, but the other person would never ask you to do so.

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Who did the bridge crossing experiment?

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Dutton and Aron

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What is the Salye Theory (it’s a picture…but kind of not in these flashcards)

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Optimal Arousal

Asleep out of control

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Fenz and Epstein believed what about fear and experience?

Example?

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The more experience we have, the sooner we commit and fear level is off.
(professional sky divers vs. not professional.)

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What ar the 4 causes of stress?

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  1. Change
  2. Unpredictability
  3. Lack of Control
  4. Conflict
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What ar the 4 types of conflict?

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  1. Approach-approach
  2. Avoidance-Avoidence
  3. Approach-Avoidence
  4. Double Approach-Aviodence
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Define Approach-Approach conflict

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Choice between two desirables

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Define Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict.

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A choice between 2 undesirables

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Define Approach-Aviodanc conflict

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A choice between and undesirable and a desirable.

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Define double approach-avoidance conflict

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Choices between many desirable and many undesirables.

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Define Motivation

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Tendency to act to achieve a particular goal or state of being.

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What are the 2 types of motivation?

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  1. Physiological -physical body

2. Psychological-mind

25
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What are the 3 categories of motivation?

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  1. Instinctual
  2. Hedonistic
  3. Cognitive
26
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What is instinctual motivation?

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inborn

27
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What is Hedonistic motivation?

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To gain pleasure and avoid pain.

28
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What is Cognitive motivation?

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Free will and choice.

29
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What is hunger controlled by?

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The hypothalmus

30
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What Type and category never go together?

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Psychological and instinctual

31
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Homeostasis Formula (5 things)

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Need-drive-preprotory activity-object of desire-homeostasis

32
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Maslow Hierarchy of needs.

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  1. self actualization
  2. Self esteem
  3. love and belonging
  4. safety and shelter
  5. physiological needs
33
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Define Intrinsic

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action or behavior is in and of itself motivating, it’s an internal motivation.

34
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Define Extrensic

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Motivated due to outside reward or punishment

35
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If an action is both intrinsic and extrinsic from the beginning will you like it?

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YES!

36
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If the action is intrinsic in the beginning, then extrinsic will you like it?

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No.

37
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What is social motives?

Who believed in it?

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  1. we are motivated due to presence of others

2. Murray

38
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What is functional autonomy?

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Motivation to perform an action even when the need for it no longer exists.

39
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what are the 3 Unconscious Motivations?

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  1. Life death, libido instincts
  2. id, ego, superego
  3. Psycho sexual stages
40
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Define the Hawthorn effect

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When we are noticed or appreciated we are motivated to improve our performance.

41
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What 4 things are psychological and physiological in type at the same time?

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  1. Pain
  2. Maternal Behavior
  3. Activity
  4. Stimulation
42
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Why is activity both psychological and physiological at the same time?

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It is a physical movement to relieve psychological boredom

43
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Why is stimulation both psychological and physiological at the same time?

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Physiological adrenaline and psychological idea of defying death.

44
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What kind of feedback do High Achievement need people want?

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Feedback to know they have accomplished something.

45
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What kind of feedback do Low Achievement need people want?

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Feedback to know they are doing something the right way.

46
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How do HIgh Achievement Need people see others?

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As competitors

47
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How do Low Achievement Need people see others?

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As people who are on the road WITH them.

48
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Define Assessing the Dangerousness of someone (in crime)

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psychologists testify for a person as to how dangerous they are.

49
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Define Repressed Memory recovery

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recovering a repressed memory through hypnosis

50
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Define Civil Commitment

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Put in mental institutions against your will.

51
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how are psychologists used in juries?

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Psychologists sit with attorneys while they select jurors.

52
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Define competency

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You understand the charges against you and can participate in your defense.

53
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Define Insanity Defense

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When someone pleads that they were insane at the time the crime was committed.

54
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What does the M’Naughten test tell?

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If the person knows right from wrong.

55
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What does the American Law institute test tell?

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If the person can appreciate the criminality of the act.

56
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What does the Durham Test tell?

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if the act was a result of mental disease or defect.

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