Motivation, Emotion And Stress Vocab

Question 0

An external goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior.

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Incentive

Question 1

A state of physiological equilibrium or stability

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Homeostasis

Question 2

Sex hormone in men produced by ovaries (women have little bit).

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Tetosterone

Question 3

Sex hormone in women produced by ovaries

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Estrogen

Question 4

The conscious experience of emotion results from ones perception of autonomic arousal.

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James-Lange Theory

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Emotion occurs when he thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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Emotional experience depends on autonomic arousal and cognitive interpretation of that arousal; when you experience visceral arousal you look to the environment for an explanation.

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Two-Factor Theory

Question 7

All the processes that initiate, direct, and sustain behavior

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Motivation

Question 8

The weight of the body normally maintains when one is trying neither to gain or lose weight.

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Set point

Question 9

A lie-detecting device that detects changes in heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, and skin conductance response.

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Polygraph

Question 10

The idea that the nuclear movements involved in certain facial expressions produce the corresponding emotions.

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Facial-Feedback Hypothesis

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Specific, inborn behavior patterns characteristics of an entire species; thought to account for human behavior until 1920s when it was learned that behavior is learned, flexible.

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Instinct

Question 12

Theory that motivated behavior is an attempt to reduce a state of tension/arousal in the body and return the boy a state of balance

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Drive reduction theory

Question 13

experience of feelings that underlies behavior; activates and effects behaviors but difficult to predict behavior; ex. Fear, joy, surprise

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Emotion

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humanism; Marlow; graduation of primitive motives to more sophisticated, complex (human needs); higher motives only emerge after basic are fulfilled; Stages-physiological, safety, belonging/love (sometimes a separate stage), esteem, and self-actualization

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Hierarchy of needs

Question 15

Form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. Without it, we feel hungry.

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Glucose

Question 16

The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure.

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Basal Metabolic Rate

Question 17

The four stages of sexual response described by masters and Johnson: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.

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Sexual response

Question 18

Resting period after orgasm during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm.

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Refractory Period

Question 19

Is difficulty experienced by an individual or a couple during any stage of a normal sexual activity, including physical pleasure, desire, preference, arousal or orgasm.

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Sexual dysfunction

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is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare.[

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Health psychology

Question 21

term used to describe the body’s short-term and long-term reactions to stress.

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GAS

Question 22

is a behavior exhibited by some animals, including humans, in response to threat.

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Tend-and-befriend

Question 23

which include any stress-related physical illnesses, are very real. Some examples of these include ulcers, headaches, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc. Remember, the mind controls hormones, chemicals in our bodies, etc., so if the mind tells glands to release certain chemicals that may be harmful to us, the body does it and we pay the price.

Read more: http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Psychophysiological%20Illness#ixzz3KIoL4jim

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Psychophysiological illness

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is the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body.

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Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)

Question 25

was an American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. Wikipedia

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Abraham Harold Maslow

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was an American gynecologist, best known as the senior member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team. Wikipedia

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William Howell Masters

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, born Mary Virginia Eshelman, was an American sexologist, best known as the junior member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team. Wikipedia

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Virginia E. Johnson

Question 28

was a pioneering Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist of Hungarian origin. He conducted much important scientific work on the hypothetical non-specific response of an organism to stressors.

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Hans selye