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Emotions and Motivations Flashcards

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What do our emotions tell us

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to fight or flee

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What does disgust do for us

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Protects us from eating harmful or poisonous substances

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Captain Sullenberger calmly calculated his position and then landed on the Hudson River. Psychologists consider this?

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Emotion regulation

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If we are feeling depressed but we fake a smile, we can actually trick our brain into believing we are happy

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true

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Motivation is (4)

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avoidance
hunger
acceptance
and achievement

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6
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Are basic emotions learned

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yes

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7
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What develop over time through cognitive maturity

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secondary emotions

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4 examples of homeostasis

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a. Eating until you are not longer hungry
b. You loose weight and then binge eat
c. You take a day off from schoolwork, but work harder the next day
d. You are socially isolated due to Covid so you go to a party to socialize

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Theory: you experience fear (emotions) because your heart is pounding (arousal)

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James-Lange Theory of emotion

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Theory: Experience of the emotion (“I’m afraid”) occurs alongside the experience of the arousal (“my heart is pounding”).

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The cannon-bard theory of emotion

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theory: You experience fear NOT ONLY because your heart is pounding but because you cognitively label “it” as scary.

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Schacter-Singer two-factor theory of emotion

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The tendency for people to incorrectly label the source of the arousal that they are experiencing:

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Misattribution of arousal

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What is the purpose of mirror neurons

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perceive and imitate others emptions

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In the visual cliff experiment, the infant crossed the cliff even if the mother showed fear

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false

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15
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Botoxed women are not accurate at recognizing emotions

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true

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Cultural display rules (3)

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a. Taught to us by our caregivers
b. “Big boys don’t cry”
c. Learned through movies

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optimists make faster recovery from surgery or illness

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true

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18
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Examples of self-efficacy

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-In a nursing home residents are able to choose their activities
-You don’t like where you are sitting in class; teacher allows you to move

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We can train a person to be Hardy

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true

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20
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Single people are happier than married people

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false

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Married couples with children are happier than married couples without children

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false

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People are very good at predicting what will make them happy

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false

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23
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Identity the intrinsic motivation

a. You work at Dairy Queen because you love making ice cream cakes
b. You attend lectures because you love learning about Psychology
c. You attend lectures because you want a good grade in Psychology
d. You work at Dairy Queen because you need money for school

A

A and B

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24
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An example of goal priming

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watching a video before starting a workout

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Examples of self-regulation

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-Not going to a party because you have to study
-Filling up on fruits at a dessert party

26
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If you won a Bronze Medal you would be happier than if you won a Silver Medal.

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True

27
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Kids who postponed immediate gratification had better academic and psychological coping skills as adolescents.

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True

28
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Exerting self-control reduces individuals’ capacity to exert more self-control in a subsequent task.

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true

29
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What is homeostasis referred to as

A

our thermostat

30
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What is the bridge study

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Men were interviewed by a beautiful women while walking across a bridge. When asked why they were sweaty they said it was because they were attracted to the women and not because they were scared

31
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What do mirror neurons do

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allow us to experience Empathy

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When do mirror neurons go to sleep

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When we look at people we dislike or are prejudiced against

33
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Why do we lash out during conflict

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We need to have full blood capacity in our brains but when we become scared we lose some blood from our brains causing our fight or flight response

34
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Intrapersonal emotions

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physical changes in our bodies or psychological change in our minds

act quickly with minimal conscious awareness

35
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Example of what culture teaches us about emotional behaviour

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a teacher encourages a elementary student to use their words instead of crying

36
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where do we learn display rules

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book, movies, ads

37
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The perception of social support

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having positive social relationships is the most important variable that influences happiness

38
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What is a goal

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our mental idea of how we’d like things to turn out

39
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Intrinsic motivation

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natural pleasure, pursuing a goal

EX: play basketball because you enjoy playing it

40
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Extrinsic motivation

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behavior is driven by external rewards such as money

EX: you work at a job you hate for the money

41
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Self-Regulation

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Altering your feelings to pursuit a goal

42
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Implemental phase

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2nd phase of self regulation

planning specific actions related to the goal

42
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Deliberative phase

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1st phase of self regulation
deciding which goal to pursue

43
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Promotion and example

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a goal is something you want to do that will bring added pleasure

EX: exercising because being healthy allows you to do more

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Affect

A

refers to the experience of feeling or emotion

45
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Emotion

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A mental and physiological feeling state that directs our attention and guides our behaviour

46
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Motivation

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A driving force that initiates and directs behaviour

47
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The fundamental emotions

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anger
disgust
fear
happiness
sadness
suprise

48
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Mood contagion and example

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A mood spreading from one person to another

EX: smiling at someone

49
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Intrapersonal emotions

A

emotions that play a role within each of us individually

50
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Interpersonal

A

the role emotions play within a group

51
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Social Cultural emotions

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the role emotions play in maintenance of social order within a society

52
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Optimism

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Expect positive outcomes

53
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Self-Efficacy

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the belief in our ability to carry out actions that produce desired outcomes

54
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Direct Effects

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People we can trust and rely on helps us directly by allowing us to share favours when we need them

55
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Appreciation Effects

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people around us makes us feel good about ourselves

56
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Ego-Depletion

A

exhaustion of resources from resisting a temptation

57
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How does botox affect understanding

A

blocks the expression of emotion which changes how we feel

Have a harder time reading people around them

58
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How does botox affect emotions

A

numbing our expressions numbs our emotions

59
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How does botox effect empathy

A

they can’t physically copy the face of their peers

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