Ch 10

Question 1

Circadian rhythms

Answer 1

Cyclical changes in body functions and arousal levels that vary on a schedule approximating a 24-hour day

Question 2

Taste aversion

Answer 2

An active dislike for a particular food

Question 3

Bait shyness

Answer 3

An in willingness or hesitation on the part of animals to eat a particular food due to a conditioned response

Question 4

Biological preparedness (to learn)

Answer 4

An organism is able to learn some associations more easily then others

Question 5

Set point (for fat)

Answer 5

The amount of fat that you have that is sustained. Your average fat.

Question 6

Extracellular thirst

Answer 6

Thirst caused by a reduction in the volume of fluids found between body cells

Question 7

Intracellular thirst

Answer 7

Thirst triggered when fluids are drawn out of cells due to an increased concentration of salts and minerals outside the cells

Question 8

Estrus

Answer 8

Changes in the sexual drives of animals usually in reference to mating

Question 9

Non-homeostatic drive

Answer 9

A drive that is relatively independent of physical deprivation cycles or body needs states

Question 10

Arousal theory

Answer 10

Assumes that people prefer to maintain ideal, or comfortable, levels of arousal.

Question 11

Homeostasis

Answer 11

Circadian rhythms

Question 12

Yerkes-Dodson law

Answer 12

A summary of the relationships among arousal, task complexity, and performance

Question 13

Opponent-process theory

Answer 13

Strong emotions tend to be followed by the opposite emotional state

Question 14

Social motives

Answer 14

Learned motives acquired as part of growing up in a particular society or culture

Question 15

Hierarchy of human needs

Answer 15

Abraham Maslow’s ordering of needs, based on their presumed strength or potency

Question 16

Basic needs

Answer 16

The first four levels of needs in Maslow’s hierarchy; lower needs tend to be more potent then higher needs

Question 17

Growth needs

Answer 17

In Maslow’s hierarchy, needs related to self actualization

Question 18

Meta-needs

Answer 18

Expression of tendency’s to fully develop your self actualization

Maslow

Question 19

Intrinsic motivation

Answer 19

Motivations that come from within

Question 20

Extrinsic motivations

Answer 20

Motivations based on obvious external rewards

Question 21

Adaptive behaviors

Answer 21

Actions that aid attempts to survive and adapt to changing conditions

Question 22

Physiological changes (emotion)

Answer 22

Alterations in heart beat ex

Question 23

Basic emotions

Answer 23

Fear,surprise,sadness,disgust,anger,anticipation,joy,and acceptance

Question 24

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 24

(ANS) the system of nerves that connects the brain with the internal organs

Question 25

Sympathetic branch

Answer 25

A part of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body at times of stress

Question 26

Parasympathetic branch

Answer 26

A part of the autonomic nervous system that quiets the body and conserves energy

Question 27

Parasympathetic rebound

Answer 27

Excess activity in the parasympathetic nervous system following a period of intense emotion

Question 28

Amygdala

Answer 28

A part of the lambic system that produces fear response

Question 29

Alexithymia

Answer 29

A learned difficulty expressing emotions; more common in men

Question 30

Kinesics

Answer 30

Study of the meaning of body movements, postures, hand gestures ex

Question 31

James-Langes theory

Answer 31

A theory stating emotional feelings follow bodily arousal and comes from awareness of such arousal

Question 32

Connon-bard theory

Answer 32

A theory stating that emotions occur by situational cues

Question 33

Attribution

Answer 33

The mental process of assigning causes to events