Emotion and Motivation

Question 1

Emotion

Answer 1

a positive or negative experience that is associated with a particular pattern of physiological activity

Question 2

James-Lange theory

Answer 2

stimuli trigger activity in the ANS, which in turn produces an emotional experience in the brain

Question 3

Cannon-Bars theory

Answer 3

a stimulus simultaneously triggers activity in the ANS and emotional experience in the brain

Question 4

Two-factor theory

Answer 4

emotions are inferences about the causes of physiological arousal

Question 5

Appraisal

Answer 5

an evaluation of the emotion-relevant aspects of a stimulus

Question 6

Emotion Regulation

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the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies to influence one’s emotional experience

Question 7

Reappraisal

Answer 7

changing one’s emotional experience by changing the meaning if the emotion-eliciting stimulus

Question 8

Emotional Expression

Answer 8

an observable sign of an emotional state

Question 9

Universality hypothesis

Answer 9

emotional expressions have the same meaning for everyone; originally proposed by Darwin

Question 10

Six Universal Emotion

Answer 10

anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise

Question 11

Display rules

Answer 11

norms for the control of emotional expression

Question 12

Drive

Answer 12

an internal state generated by departures from physiological optimality

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Homeostasis

Answer 13

the tendency for a system to take action to keep itself in a particular state

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Human Sexual Response Cycle

Answer 14

the stages of physiological arousal during sexual activity (Excitement phase, plateau phase, orgasm phase, resolution phase)

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Terror Management Theory

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claims that we cope with our existential terror by developing a cultural worldview (meaningful immortality through our legacies)

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Morality-salience theory

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the prediction that people who are reminded of their own mortality will work to reinforce their cultural worldviews

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Intristic Motivation

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motivation to take actions that are themselves rewarding (tends to be more satisfying)

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Extrinsic Motivation

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motivation to take actions that are not themselves rewarding but that lead to a reward (May undermine intrinsic reward)

Question 19

Conscoius Motivation

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a motivation of which one is aware

Question 20

Unconscoius Motivation

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a motivation of which one is not aware

Question 21

Need for achievment

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the motivation to solve worthwhile problems

Question 22

Approach Motivation

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a motivation to experience positive outcomes (Promotion focus)

Question 23

Avoidance Motivation

Answer 23

a motivation not to experience negative outcomes