Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Motivation

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psychological and biological relations of which cause us to act towards potential goals

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Drives

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stimulation that our brain generates to push us to address basic biological needs

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allostasis

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processes that allow us to develop a state of readiness for anticipated future demands on our biological systems.

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Detecting glucse

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glucostats in hypo.

low glucose –> hypo stim feelings of hunger –> we eat, expansion of intestines –> CCK –> enough cck = full

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unit bias

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the bias to behave as though the amount of food we receive is just the right amount for us to achieve satiation.

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social facilitation

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eating more because of the behaviour and expectations of other people.

ex: eating less would offend a dinner host

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minimal eating norm

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social contexts that discourage very much eating.

ex: on a date

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modeling

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when the behaviours of other during a social event causes us to restrain our appetite.

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9
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increase in obesity and overweight

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20 and 60

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reproduction suppression hypothesis

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eating disorders = low body fat = amenorrhea

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sex drive

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the human need for sexual contact, biological need, = libido

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alfred kinsey

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studied human sexuality

kinsey scale: homosexuality and heterosexuality are two extremes of sexual orientation continuum.

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William Masters and Virginia Johnson

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studied physiological responses to having sex

had volunteers have intercourse.
- continuous sexual response cycle for m and f.

  1. excitement
  2. plateau
  3. orgasm
  4. resolution
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female vs male cycles

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females have more variation because they do not reach orgasm as often.
21-32% do not, whereas for males this is only 2%

also because females can orgasm more than once without a refractory period.

psychological experience is the same tho.

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hypothalamus

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generates the orgasm and secretes oxytocin after.

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16
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Sexual scripts

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socially and culturally defined expectations about the sexual behaviours of male and female members of a society.

men = playboys
f = face scorn for doing this
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Gender equality trends

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  1. women rights movement
  2. women working, getting their on salaries
  3. invention of the birth control pill
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sex in ads

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27 clothing
29 meds
36 beauty
38 health

27 ads were charged

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Abraham Maslow

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Hierarchy of needs –> different motivations are more important than others. must fulfill lower ones before going higher.

Bottom-up
physiological needs
safety needs
belongingness and love needs 
esteem needs 
cognitive needs
aesthetic needs
self actualization needs
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belongingness

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fulfilled when the relationship is thought to be permanent

ultimate fulfillment = love

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passionate love

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love that is tied to physical attraction and the intense desire to have sexual contact with the other person.

personal pain and euphoria, honeymoon phase

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companionate love

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love emerging from feelings of warmth, contentment, trust, as well as deep knowledge of the other person and strong admiration for them.

strongly related to long term rel.

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esteem needs

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AKA = achievement motivations

achieving goals that are prestigious

they stimulate approach goals –> money, self esteem, popularity
stimultes avoidance goals too –> embarrassment, emotional pain, and financial losses.

preferences, environment determines whether they think they will succeed.

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universal needs

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  1. relatedness: need to feel connected to others
  2. autonomy: control over life
  3. competence: the ability to develop a satisfying level of skill in some area.
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self efficacy
one's belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task.
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self determination theory
competence, autonomy, relatedness our ability to succeed in achieving our goals, our happiness, and our health depends on whether we have control over our ability to achieve those goals.
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the over justification effect
applying extrinsic rewards to an intrinsically enjoyable behaviour can cause people to enjoy the behaviour less and may reduce their motivation to engage in the behaviour ex: betting in sports
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Essential components to emotional experiences
1. brain activity/phsiological arousal 2. a conscious experience or thought 3. a behavioural expression MUST BE ALL 3
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stages of the emotional experience
1. initial response stage 2. autonomic response stage 3. emotion response stage 4. emotional reaction stage
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James lange theory
sensory stim --> stim received --> emotional expression and physiological response --> emotional experience (Fear)
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cannon bard theory
some organs are not quick enough to respond to emotional stimuli (physiological response) - emotional expression and emotional experience at the same time.
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facial feedback hypothesis
james lange --> facial expression comes before emotional experience. when we smile we feel happy
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schachter and singer
two factor theory | stimulus (dog) --> physiological response (eyes dilate) --> cognitive appraisal --> cognitive feeling of fear.
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s and s experiment
epinephrine injection
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Paul ekman
how emotion determine our facial expressions facial expressions might be innately acquired for survival benefits from our ancestors. discovered CROSS CULTURAL CONSISTENCY associated with 6 basic emotions. - people had no difficulty identifying the facial expression of other cultures.
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6 basic emotions
``` fear anger disgust sadness happiness surprised ```
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emotional dialects
differences in emotional expression tendencies across cultures. ex: different greetings
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display rules
the contexts in which members of a culture consider expressing emotions to be appropriate.