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Motivation, Emotion And Personality (11%-15%) Flashcards

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Instinct theory

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People are motivated to behave in certain ways because they are evolutionary/genetically programmed to do with survival instincts

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Incentive theory

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We are pulled into action by positive or negative outside incentives

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Yerks Dodson law

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Increase the arousal can help improve performance, but only up to a certain point. As the point went arousal becomes excessive, performance diminishes

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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Suggested that people are motivated by a hierarchy of needs

Psychological needs then safety needs and belonging in love then esteem needs then self actualization

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Self efficacy

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Persons belief in their ability to succeed in a certain situation

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Hypothalamus

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Most of the biological feeling of hunger comes from this brain structure

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Lateral hypothalamus

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The on button for eating if stimulated, causes you to feel hunger

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Ventromedial hypothalamus

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The off button for eating when stimulated makes you feel full

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Intrinsic motivation

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Behavior that is driven by internal rewards (autonomy, mastery and purpose)

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Extrinsic motivation

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Behavior that is driven by external rewards such as money, fame, grades and praise

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Over justification affect

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Phenomenon in which being rewarded for doing something actually diminishes intrinsic motivation to perform the action

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Approach approach conflict

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Decide between two appealing goals

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Avoidance avoidance conflict

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Baking decision between two equally undesirable choices

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Approach avoidance conflict

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Making decisions about situations that have both positive and negative consequences

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Sexual response cycle

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Stages humans go through during sexual interaction

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Display rule

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A social group or cultures informal norms about how to appropriately express emotions

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Common sense theory

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stimulus leads to an emotion which leads to bodily arousal of nervous system

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James Lange theory

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Emotions occur as a result of physiological reaction to events

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Facial feedback hypothesis

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Facial expressions are connected to experiencing emotions

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Cannon bard theory of emotions

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Physical and psychological experience of emotion happen at the same time and that one does not cause another

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Schachter singer two factor theory

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Physiological arousal occurs first and then the individual must identify the reason for the survival and then label it as an emotion

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Distress

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Occurs when people experience unpleasant or undesirable stressors

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General adaptation syndrome

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Three stages of a body psychological reaction to stress alarm resistance exhaustion

Hans Selye

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Locus of control

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Refers to the extent to which people feel that they have control over events that influence their lives

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Internal locus of control

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You believe that you have control over what happens

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External locus of control

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Blame outside forces for their circumstances

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Psychoanalytic theories

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Developed the theory of personality development

Sigmund Freud

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ID

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Part of the human personality that is made up of all our inborn biological urges that seek out immediate gratification

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Ego

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Largely conscious executive part of the personality that mediates among the ID and the super ego and reality

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Super ego

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Part of personality that, represents internalized ideals and provide standards for a judgment and future aspirations

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Defense mechanisms

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Ego protects itself with tactics that reduce or redirect anxiety by distorting reality

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Repression

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Acts to keep information out of conscious awareness

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Displacement

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Involves taking out our frustrations, feelings and impulses on people or objects that are less threatening

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Projection

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Involves taking our own unacceptable qualities or feelings and ascribing them to other people

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Regression

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When confronted by stressful events, people sometimes abandon coping strategies and revert to patterns of behavior used earlier in development

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Denial

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Functions to protect the ego from things which the individual cannot cope

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Rationalization

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Involves explaining an unacceptable behavior or feeling in a rational or logical manner, avoiding the true reasons for that behavior

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Reaction formation

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Reduces anxiety by taking up the opposite feeling, impulse or behavior

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Carl Jung

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Thought all people had a collective unconscious which is a common collection of images that we have gained together as human beings from our ancestral and evolutionary past

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Alfred Adler

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People compensate for their inferiority complex is based on inadequacies

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Karen Horney

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Feminist perspective to psychoanalytic theory

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Thematic apperception test

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Projective test in which people express their inner feelings and interest through the stories they make up about ambiguous scenes

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Rorshach ink blot test

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Most widely use projective test, participants or showing ink blots and asked what each one looks like

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Reciprocal determinism

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The person, environment, and behavior interact to determine patterns of behavior and thus personality

Albert Bandura

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Ramen cattle 16 traits

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16 traits are the source of all human personality

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Factor analysis

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Closer related terms and eventually reduced to the 16 list

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Five big personality factors

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Model of personality traits many researchers believe that they are the five core personality traits

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Openness

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Tendency to appreciate new art, ideas, values, feelings and behaviors

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Conscientiousness

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Tendency to be careful, on time, follow rules into be hard-working

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Extroversion

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Tendency to be talkative, sociable and enjoy others

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Agreeableness

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Tendency to agree and go along with others rather to assert one’s own opinions and choices

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Neuroticism

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Tendency to frequently experience negative emotions

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Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

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Most widely used assessment tool to help diagnose mental disorders

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Myers-Briggs type indicator

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Self-report inventory design to identify a persons personality type, strengths and preferences

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