Motivation, Emotion And Stress Vocab Flashcards
An external goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior.
Incentive
A state of physiological equilibrium or stability
Homeostasis
Sex hormone in men produced by ovaries (women have little bit).
Tetosterone
Sex hormone in women produced by ovaries
Estrogen
The conscious experience of emotion results from ones perception of autonomic arousal.
James-Lange Theory
Emotion occurs when he thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and to the autonomic nervous system
Cannon-Bard Theory
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.
Two-Factor Theory
All the processes that initiate, direct, and sustain behavior
Motivation
The weight of the body normally maintains when one is trying neither to gain or lose weight.
Set point
A lie-detecting device that detects changes in heart rate, blood pressure, respiration rate, and skin conductance response.
Polygraph
The idea that the nuclear movements involved in certain facial expressions produce the corresponding emotions.
Facial-Feedback Hypothesis
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.
Instinct
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
Drive reduction theory
experience of feelings that underlies behavior; activates and effects behaviors but difficult to predict behavior; ex. Fear, joy, surprise
Emotion
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
Hierarchy of needs
Form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. Without it, we feel hungry.
Glucose
The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure.
Basal Metabolic Rate
The four stages of sexual response described by masters and Johnson: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.
Sexual response
Resting period after orgasm during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm.
Refractory Period
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.
Sexual dysfunction
is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare.[
Health psychology
term used to describe the body’s short-term and long-term reactions to stress.
GAS
is a behavior exhibited by some animals, including humans, in response to threat.
Tend-and-befriend
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.
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Psychophysiological illness
