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Week 12 Flashcards

1
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What is achievement motivation?

A

Desire to achieve and direct self thought towards it

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What is affiliation motivation?

A

Desire to have friends or partners and directs self thought towards it.

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3
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What is the need for cognition

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Important to think

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4
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What is the need for cognitive closure

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Important to understand

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5
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What is the need to belong

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Importance of socialisation

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What is prestige motivation?

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Respect gained through achivements

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7
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What is dominance motivation?

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Power gained through force and intimidation

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What is a judgement goal?

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aiming to impress and rejects all forms of critisism

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What is a development goal?

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aiming for improvement and accepts constructive criticism

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10
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What is the entity theory?

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  • Fixed IQ
  • no aim for improvement
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11
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What is the incremental theory?

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  • IQ can be improved
  • aim for improvement
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12
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Explain the terror management theory?

A

Managing fears and anxieties presented when considering the inevitable death of the self or others. Raising self-esteem can reduce thoughts about death. Also finding meaning in day-day living.

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13
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What is an emotion?

A

Specific reaction based on an event

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14
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What is a mood?

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General state or disposition

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15
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What is an affect?

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Valance (opinion) towards an event

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16
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What is disgust?

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Moral emotion that restricts certain experiences

17
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What is emotional contagion

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How mirror neurons are activated when doing or observing things such as emotional displays which causes an appropriate resposne

18
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What is empathy?

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Provides understanding and context of another emotions.

19
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What is Meta emotion?

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Being actively aware of self emotion and directly trying to change them (and often failing)

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