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Unit. 3: Motivation & Emotion Flashcards

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Affective Forecasting

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Effort to predicts ones emotional reaction to future events.

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Achievement Motive

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Need to master a skill in order to outperform others, reach excellence.

  • TAT
  • influenced by fear of failure
  • goals increase when probability of success is high
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Amygdala

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  • Found in the limbic system of the brain which controls emotions
  • LeDoux’s research supported the idea that it controlled the response of FEAR
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Argument

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One or more premises used to provide support to a conclusion.

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Assumptions

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Premises for which no proof/evidence is provided.

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Bisexual

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Action of seeking emotional/sexual relationship with either sex.

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BMI (body mass index)

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Individuals weight (kg) divided by their height (meters) squared

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Drive

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Internal tension that motivates an organism to engage in activity to reduce said tension.

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Emotion

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A subjective conscious experience accompanied by bodily arousal & overt expression.

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Facial Feedback Hypothesis

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Our facial muscles send signals to the brain, which then is recognized by the brain and exerted an an emotion. This is why smiling can literally make you feel happier.

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GSR (galvanic skin response)

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An increase in electrical conductivity of the skin when sweat glands increase their activity,

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Glucose

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A s simple sugar that is a source of energy.

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Ghrelin

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Secreted after going without food for awhile, causes contraction & promotes hunger.

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Happiness Predictors

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Love, work, genetics, health, social activity, religion.

*key to note that these are predictors and not the only cause for happiness.

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Hedonic Adaptation

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The idea that the baseline in which an individual judges pleasantness/unpleasantness on a mental scale changes.

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Heterosexual

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Action to seek emotional/sexual relationship with opposite sex.

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Homeostasis

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A state of physiological equilibrium/stability.

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Homosexual

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Action to seek emotional/sexual relationship with the same sex.

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Hypothalamus

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The limbic system of the brain, controls certain aspects of emotion.

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Incentive

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External goal that can motivate behaviour

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Leptin

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Produced by fat cells throughout the body, released into the bloodstream

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Motivation

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Goal directed behaviour

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Obesity

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The condition of being overweight

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Orgasm

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Sexual arousal reaches peak intensity. Discharge in a series of muscular contractions pulsating through the pelvic area.

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Polygraph

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Device that records autonomic fluctuation while a subject is questioned

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Premises

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Reasons that are presented to persuade someone that a conclusion is true or probably true.

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Set-point Theory

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The bodies ability to monitor fat-levels to keep fat (weight) fairly stable

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Settling Point Theory

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Weight drifts around the level where food consumption & energy expenditure meets an equilibrium

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Sexual Orientation

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A person preference for emotion/sexual relationships with either same sex, opposite, or both.
*sexual orientation is described as continuous scale that is ever changing
Environmental theories: individuals “learn” to be gay. *not supported by research
Biological theories: research has shown differences in brain makeup of sexual orientation, twin studies has also provided evidence to support these theory’s

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Subjective Well-being

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An individuals self perception of their overall happiness & life satisfaction.

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Vasocongestion

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Engorgement of blood vessels. RE sexual response

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John Atkinson

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“One’s pursuit of achievement in a particular situation is based on multiple factors”

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David Buss

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Conducted research in pornography & it’s influence on society.

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Joseph LeDoux

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His research on the AMYGDALA (limbic system) theorized it’s purpose was focused around the fear response, in which a message is sent on the fast pathway triggering autonomic arousal.

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What are the 3 main Theories of Motivation

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  • Drive Theory
  • Incentive Theory
  • Evolutionary Theory
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What are the 2 main motivations of Hunger

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Biological & Environmental

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Biological factors regulating hunger

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  • Brain regulation
  • Digestive & Glucose regulation
  • Hormonal regulation
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Hormonal Regulation (FOOD)

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  • Insulin: present so cells can extract glucose from the blood *promoting hunger
  • Ghrelin: produced due to going without food *promoting hunger
  • CCK: After food is consumed the upper intestine releases this hormone *causing satiety
  • Leptin: created by fat cells, higher levels of fat create more leptin, diminishes hunger feeling
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Glucose & Digestive Regulation (FOOD)

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Low glucose levels will increase hunger

High glucose levels will decrease hunger

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Brain regulation in regulating hunger

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  • Lateral & ventromedial (stop-eating)
  • Arcuate (hunger & fullness)
  • Paraventricular nucleus *located in the hypothalamus (regulates hunger)
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Environmental Factors regulating hunger

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  • Food availability & Cues
  • Learned Preference & Habit
  • Stress eating
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Food availability & Cues (HUNGER) PQVP

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  • Palatability (better the food taste’s the more eaten)
  • Quantity Available (more food placed out will enact higher food intake)
  • Variety (wanting to try all the different flavours tends increase intake of food)
  • Presence of others (tend to eat more around others)
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Learned Preference & Habit (HUNGER)

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  • Cultural differences

- Conditioning

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Evolutionary Analyses RE: Sexual Motivation

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  • Parental investment theory
  • males will tend to be less picky with who and how many partners due to their lack of responsibility in the offspring
  • women tend to be more picky as they have more immediate responsibility with offspring. (9 months of pregnancy)
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Human Sexual Response (E. P. O. R)

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Excitement: quick arousal, heightened senses
Plateau: slower arousal speed, natural fluctuation
Orgasm: peak arousal leading to contraction of pelvic floor muscles
Resolution: physiological changes subside, men experience a refractory period

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3 Components of Emotion (B.C.P)

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  • Behavioural
  • Cognitive
  • Physiological
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Cognitive Component of Emotion

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Emotions are things that happen to us rather than things we will to occur
*emotions are hard to predict & regulate

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Physiological Component of Emotion

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Autonomic Arousal

-Joseph LeDoux: amygdala lies at the core of a complex set of neural circuits that process emotion

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Behavioural Component of Emotion

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Emotions are revealed through body language

-facial expressions are wired into the brain, not learned behaviour

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4 Theoretical Views on Emotion (J, C, T, E)

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  • James-Lang: different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions.
  • Cannon-Bard: emotions originate in the subcortical areas of the brain
  • Two-Factor: infer emotion from autonomic arousal & label it in accordance with a cognitive explanation for the arousal
  • Evolutionary: emotions are innate reactions that do not depend on cognitive processes
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Cultural Consideration on Emotion

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  • similar in facial expression (behavioural)

- different in experience (cognitive)

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What are the 5 Key themes relevant in this chapter

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Theme 2: Psychology is theoretically diverse
Theme 3: Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context
Theme 6: Heredity & environment jointly influence behaviour
Theme 4: Behaviour is determined by multiples causes
Theme 5: Behaviour is shaped by cultural heritage

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Evolutionary Theory (motivation)

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Motivation is driven by natural selection, adaptability due to reproductive fitness

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Intrinsic V.S Extrinsic

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Intrinsic: Motivated to do something because you internally want to
Extrinsic: Motivated to do something because of external factor such as reward or fear of punishment.

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4 stages of Cognitive Development (Piaget)

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  1. Sensorimotor: Babies ability to coordinate sensory input with motor actions
  2. Preoperational: Young children improve mental imagery, flawed in operations such as- Conservation, Centration, Egocentrism, Irreversibility.
  3. Concrete Operational: Mental imagery turns into operations and problems in previous period become understood
  4. Formal Operational: Operations in previous period that have been understood can now be applied to abstract concepts.

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