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Motivation and Emotion Flashcards

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motivation

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need or desire that energizes behavior

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instincts

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natural survival motivation

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Drive reduction

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physical needs motivate behavior, ex: food + water

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Homeostasis

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body’s internal levels at normal

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Incentive motivation

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do something for rewards

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arousal theory

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adventure and excitement ex: bungee jumping

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Achievement Motivation

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need to master challenges, outperform others, meet high standards

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Maslow hierarchy of needs (starts at lower level first)

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  1. self actualization
  2. Esteem
  3. Belongingness
  4. Safety
  5. Physiological
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Over justification Effect

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do something we love, then get rewarded for it and don’t like it anymore

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self efficacy

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our belief about how well you perform at a single task

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Balloon experiment

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tricking your brain into thinking your stomach is full

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Glucose

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blood sugar, produced in pancreas

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insulin

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produced in pancreas, controls glucose

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lateral hypothalamus

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tells your brain to eat

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Ventromedial hypothalamus - VMH

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tells brain you’re full

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set point

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the weight y our body knows how to work at, 18 months for new one

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taste preference is based on

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based on culture

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anorexia nervosa

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when underweight but think they’re overweight

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bulimia nervosa

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binge eating then forced vomiting

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obesity

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increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, etc.

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sexual stages

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excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution

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sexual problems

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premature ejaculation, man orgasms before they want to

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testosterone

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male hormone, increases sexual desires

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estrogen

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female hormone

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adolescent sexuality

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culture often determines sexual behavior

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sexual orientation

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who you are attracted to

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gender role

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typical male and female behavior

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gender typing

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child becomes aware of their gender and thus behaves accordingly by adopting values and attributes

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gender identity

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how you personally feel, masculine or feminine

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transgender

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identity doesn’t match biology

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Kinsey

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sex researcher, interviewed thousands about their sexual behavior

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Belonging

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often people stay in unhealthy relationships because they want to be apart of a couple

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survival/evolution

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sex = babies

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James Lange

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physical reaction, then emotion comes

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Cannon Bard

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physical and emotion happen simultaneously

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Two factor/Schachter Singer

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physical and cognitive label (understanding), then fear happens

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Zajonc/LeDoux

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emotion before understanding

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Lazarus

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appraisal determines emotion, cognitive appraisal

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Fear

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changes behavior

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Learning Fear

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learned through observation and conditioning

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Biology of fear

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amygdala lights up

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Ekman and Friesen

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studied babies around world, came up with 6 universal emotions

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6 universal emotions

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happy, sad, anger, surprise, disgust, fear

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facial feedback theory

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brain interprets sensations from your facial muscles

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Display rules

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individual cultures determine appropriate emotional expressions

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Catharsis hypothesis

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allowing yourself to vent will give you the chance to move on from the problem

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Feel good

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When we feel happy we are more likely to help people

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Subjective well being

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Your personal belief about how happy you are

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Happiness

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One key to happiness is being in a loving, committed relationship

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Adaptive level phenomenon

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When we get what we want, our happiness spikes, then levels back to normal after a while

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relative deprivation

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when we compare ourselves to others, we often feel lacking

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stress

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any circumstance, real or perceived, that threatens a person’s well being

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CDC

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half of all deaths in 2019 were due to behavior and preventable

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behavioral medicine

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works with doctors to change negative behavior

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health psychology

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study of how stress impacts diseases

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adaptive behaviors

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positive behaviors

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maladaptive behaviors

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negative behaviors

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theory of cognitive appraisal

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how badly we view a stressful event or thing

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Lazarus/transactional model of stress and coping

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personal belief that you can or cannot handle a stressful event

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Stress response system

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when you’re stressed, adrenal glands send out epinephrine and norepinephrine

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cortisol (glucocorticoids)

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hormones released by adrenal glands to come you down

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Psychosomatic

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headaches, muscle issue, stomach pain brought on by psychological factors

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hypochondriasis / illness anxiety disorder

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person has a physical issue that they believe is something much more serious

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type a personality

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needs to be in charge, more likely to have heart attack than type B

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type b personality

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easy going and relaxed

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B lymphocytes

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fights bacterial infections

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T lymphocytes

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T cells, attack viruses and cancer cells

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Microphages

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clean up the systems in our body

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problem focus coping

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change the situation

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emotion focus coping

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change your reaction

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explanatory style

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optimists have less stress and anxiety

72
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exercise

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5 times per week, 40 minutes each time

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