Winter Exam 2 Flashcards
chap 11 & 12
____ concerns the physiological and psychological processes underlying the initiation of behaviours
motivation
____ refers to the body’s physiological processes that allow it to maintain consistent internal states in response to the outer environment
homeostasis
_____ is the process whereby motivation is not only influenced by current needs, but also by the anticipation of future needs caused by stress
allostasis
what two features make-up motivation
drive and incentive
what are drives
biological triggers that cause you to seek out something
(i.e. being thirsty -> getting water)
what are incentives
the stimuli you seek to reduce the drives
what is homeostasis
the process of maintaining an internal state that is relatively stable
what part of the brain signals when it is time to eat
the lateral region of the hypothalamus
what parts (2) of the brain signals when to stop eating
the ventromedial and paraventricular regions of the hypothalamus
which region of the brain is involved in emotional processing
the cingulate cortex
what part of the brain is responsible for linking food taste and texture with reward
The orbitofrontal cortex
what part of the brain is activated when fat receptors in the tongue are stimulated
the cingulate cortex
what does the orbitofrontal cortex do?
link food with reward
true or false: activity in the oribitofrontal cortex decreases when you no longer feel like eating
true
true or false: motivation to eat does not impact activity in the basal ganglia
false
what is unit bias
the tendency to assume that the unit of sale or portioning is an appropriate amount to consume
what are the three social factors to eating
- social facilitation
- impression management
- modelling
social facilitation causes you to eat ____ (more/less). why?
more. the longer you sit at a table + are encouraged to get more
impression management causes you to eat ___ (more/less). why?
less. some cultures view eating a lot as rude, thus people will eat less to create a certain social image
“a disorder of positive energy balance, in which energy
intake exceeds energy expenditure”
obesity
what is the average duration of anorexia?
1.7 years
what is the average duration of bulimia?
8 years
what is the percentage of people with anorexia receiving treatment?
34%
what is the percentage of people with bulimia receiving treatment?
43%
what is intrasexual selection
“members of the same sex compete in order to win the opportunity to mate with members of the opposite sex”
what is intersexual selection
“members of one
sex select a mating partner based on their desirable traits”
the motivation for sexual activity and pleasure is called ___
the libido
who was the first scientist to study human sexuality
Alfred Kinsey, a zoology professor
true or false: women’s sexual response profile is similar to men’s
false, it is more varied
what is sexual orientation
A consistent preference for sexual relations with members
of the opposite sex, same sex, or either sex
what subregion of the hypothalamus did LeVay find was smaller in queer men
the INAH3
“refers to individuals who experience a mismatch between
the gender that they identify with and their biological sex”
transgender
“the motivation to maintain relationships that involve pleasant
feelings such as warmth, affection, appreciation, and mutual concern for each person’s well-being” is called
the need to belong
___ love is associated with a physical and emotional longing for the other person
passionate
“related to
tenderness, and to the affection we feel when our lives are
intertwined with another person”
companion love
the drive to perform at high levels and to accomplish significant goals
achievement motivation
what is an approach goal
an incentive that one is drawn towards
i.e. praise, reward, satsifaction
what is an avoidance goal
effort to avoid an outcome that is unpleasant
i.e. shame, financial loss, emotional pain
an individual’s confidence that they can plan and execute a course of action in order to solve a problem
self-efficacy
what is self-determination theory
ones ability to achieve goals and maintain their well being is related to how in control they are of the behaviours needed for said goals
motives that reflect a desire
to understand or overcome a challenge
intrinsic or mastery motives
motives
that are geared toward gaining rewards or public
recognition, or avoiding embarrassment
extrinsic or performance motives
a feeling of having little or no motivation
to perform a behaviour
amotivational
what are the three components of emotion
- subjective thought or experience
- patterns of neural activity or physical arousal
- observable behavioural expression
what sends signals to the amygdala to influence activity
sensory cortices
The Autonomic Nervous System is involved in ____
emotional responding
what does the sympathetic nervous system do
prepares the body to respond to stress
what does the parasympathetic nervous system do
restores homeostasis
what us the james lange theory of emotion
stimulus creates a bodily response, brain interprets this physical reaction as emotion
what is the cannon bard theory of emotion
stimulus invokes emotional experience and physical reaction simultaneously
what is the facial feedback hypothesis?
the idea that your facial experience impacts emotional states and how you feel
forcing a smile -> feeling happier
what is the two factor theory of emotion
having a physiological response that the brain then identifies inorder to have emotion. feeling arousal is not enough, you must also identify it in order to experience emotion
which theory of emotion does “emotions result from
our interpretations of
our bodily reactions to
stimuli” describe
james lang theory of emotion
which theory of emotion does “an emotion-provoking
event leads
simultaneously to an
emotional and bodily
reaction” describe
cannon bard theory of emotion
Two-factor theory argues that emotions are produced
by ______, with an
________
an undifferentiated arousal (“alertness”)
attribution (explanation) of that arousal
“patterns of physical arousal and the labels we attach form the basis of emotion” describes which theory of emotion
two factor theory of emotion
what does a polygraph do
measures whether heart rate and sweating
increase when a person responds to different events or
questions
what is emotional dialect theory
the idea that emotions are a universal language with subtle differences
what are display rules
a cultural regulation for how on is supposed to act and respond in situations
what is passionate love
love marked by powerful, even
overwhelming, longing for one’s partner
what is companionate love
love marked by a sense of
deep friendship and fondness for one’s partner
“characteristic pattern of thinking,
feeling, and behaving that is unique to each
individual”
personality
what is a trait
an enduring predisposition that influences our
behaviour across many situations
what is personality
characteristic pattern of thinking feeling and behaving that remains relatively consistent over time and across situations
what is an idiographic approach
focuses on detailed descriptions of individuals and identifying their unique characteristics and life experiences
what is a nomothetic approach
examines personality as a general concept and the principals of a group, not of an individual person
what are personality traits
psychological characteristics that make up part of a persons personality and how they are most of the time
___ is used to group items that people respond
to similarly
factor analysis
What acronym is used for the Big Five of personality
O.C.E.A.N
What traits make up the big five
- openness
- conscientiousness
- extroversion
- agreeableness
- neuroticism