Unit 7 vocab

Question 1

Id

Answer 1

Do whatever makes YOU happy

Question 2

Ego

Answer 2

Reality Principle, majority

Question 3

Superego

Answer 3

do what’s best (angel)

Question 4

Spotlight effect

Answer 4

believing that people are thinking about you more than they actually are

Question 5

self esteem

Answer 5

how we feel about ourselves

Question 6

Self efficacy

Answer 6

our belief about our ability to do something

Question 7

Reciprocal Determinism

Answer 7

influence of environment on behavior/personality and vice versa

Question 8

instinct

Answer 8

survival mechanism, fixed pattern

Question 9

drive reduction theory

Answer 9

the need to maintain a balanced internal state, when we feel bored we look for a we to increase the things we do

Question 10

yerkes Dodson law

Answer 10

moderate levels of arousal leads to optimal performance (happy medium)

Question 11

Hierarchy of needs

Answer 11

psychological needs, safety needs, social needs, esteem, self actualization, self transcendence,

Question 12

physiological needs

Answer 12

water, food

Question 13

safety needs

Answer 13

protection, home, predictable world

Question 14

social needs/love and belonging

Answer 14

need to feel accepted and loved by others

Question 15

esteem needs

Answer 15

love and feel good about yourself

Question 16

self actualization

Answer 16

be the best you, you can be

Question 17

self transcendence

Answer 17

live beyond yourself

Question 18

glucose

Answer 18

blood sugar

Question 19

set point

Answer 19

the weight that your body naturally wants to go to

Question 20

basal metabolic rate

Answer 20

metabolism

Question 21

sexual response cycle

Answer 21

1.) excitement phase
2.) plateau phase (peak)
3.) orgasm
4.) resolution phase/refractory period

Question 22

affiliation need

Answer 22

the desire to have personal relationships with other individuals

Question 23

ostracism

Answer 23

worst type of tortue, isolated from all of the outside world

Question 24

achievement motivation

Answer 24

the desire to succeed and perform well

Question 25

James Lange theory

Answer 25

body first, then expressing emotion

Question 26

cannon bard theory

Answer 26

body and the way you feel happen at the same time in response to something

Question 27

Schacter-Singer 2 factor theory

Answer 27

Cognitive label first, then the way you feel and body reactions happen at the same time

Question 28

facial feedback effect

Answer 28

where your emotional experiences are influenced by your facial expressions

Question 29

behavior feedback effect

Answer 29

your behavior influences your thoughts and feelings and actions

Question 30

General Adaption Syndrome (GAS)

Answer 30

the process your body goes through when you are stressed
Stages: Alarm, Resistance, and Exhaustion

Question 31

Catharsis

Answer 31

release of emotions, like a rage room, can be bad

Question 32

feel good do good phenomenon

Answer 32

when people are more willing to help others when they feel good about themselves or are already in a good mood

Question 33

adaptation level phenomenon

Answer 33

Preexisting happiness, you have to keep getting more happy and up your levels

Question 34

relative deprivation

Answer 34

comparing yourself to others and feeling bad/good about yourself based on others results or experiences

Question 35

Lateral hypothalamus

Answer 35

lat makes you fat
makes you hungry

Question 36

ventromedial

Answer 36

depresses hunger

Question 37

Gender role

Answer 37

expectations about how men and women act, happens because of social learning theory

Question 38

Gender identity

Answer 38

you sense of being male or female

Question 39

gender typing

Answer 39

how kids act of girl and boy things

Question 40

social learning theory

Answer 40

how we learn social behavior by observing or imitating others and are rewarded or punished

Question 41

self serving bias

Answer 41

we take responsibility in successes rather than failures

Question 42

individualism

Answer 42

prioritizing your own goals over group goals

Question 43

collectivism

Answer 43

prioritizing group goals rather than your own