Ch.7 Emotion And Motivation Flashcards
Drive reduction
State of relief and reward produced by removing tension and arousal
Schachter Singer two factor theory
General arousal leads to assessment which in turn leads to subjective feelings
Emotion
Combination of arousal, physical sensations, and subjective feelings occurring spontaneously in response to environmental stimuli
Motivation
Process that arouses, maintains, and guided behaviour toward a goal
Catharsis
Views emotion as a reservoir, and predicts that expressing an emotion will reduce arousal
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Description of the relationships among task complexity, arousal and performance
Display rule
Cultural norm that specifies when, where, and how a person should express an emotion
Insula
Regions of vortex located at the junction of the frontal and temporal lobes
Homeostasis
Steady internal balance or equilibrium
Drive
State of ensign and arousal triggered by cues important for survival
Set point
Value that is defended to maintain homeostasis
Incentive
Reward that pulls an organisms behaviour in a particular direction
Extrinsic reward
Reward form an outside source
Intrinsic reward
Reward that arises internally
Leptin
Hormone secreted by fat cells that helps the body to maintain an appropriate level of studies fat
Glucose
Type of sugar that plays na important role in hunger levels
Satiety
Sense of feeling full and not requiring further food
Anorexia nervosa
Eating disorder with the maintenance of unusually low body weight and distorted body image
Body mass index BMI
Ratio used to identify individuals at a healthy weight, underweight, overweight, and obesity
Bulimia nervosa
Eating disorder with bingeing, purging, and having feels of depression, disgust, and lost control
Binge eating disorder
Eating disorder with eating abnormally large amounts of food at one sitting without compensatory behaviours
Testosterone
Male hormone
Sexual orientation
Stable pattern of attraction to members of a particular gender
Affiliation
Being associated with other people
