Chapter 8 Motivation and Emotion Flashcards
Fact another emotion def:
involves a subjective conscious experience accompanied by bodily arousal and by characteristic overt expressions
FACT
neither people or machines are good liars
Motivation def
the psychological cause for an action
- what is Capgras syndrome
people believe family member is imposter/ what causes it from neural connects between temporal lobe & limbic system
- how do people use their moods + a consequence
as info about the likelihood of succeeding at a task - so people that don’t feel are good investors
- hedonic principle def
claim that people are motivated to experience pleasure are avoid pain
- instant def
the natural tendency to seek a particular goal - vs. our motivations from experience
- homeostasis def
the tendency for a system of action to keep itself in a particular state
- what is ghrelin
signal in the brain to switch hunger on
- what is leptin + leotin deficiency
signal secreted by fat cells to switch hunger off - so leptin deficiency = trouble controlling appetites
- lateral hypothalamus vs. ventromedial hypothalamus
lateral hypothalamus receives orexigenic signals - if destroyed animals will starve themselves to death // ventromedial gets anorexigenic signals - destroyed = gorge because no stoppers
- bulimia nervosa def
eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging
- anorexia nervosa
eating disorder characterized by intense fear of being fat - severe restriction of food intake - are often high-acheiving perfectionists
- why do anorexia patients have high levels of ghelin
trying to switch hunger back on
- who does anorexia affect most
women - but men if they had a female twin = prenatal female hormone exposure
- biggest eating problem US + why
Obesity - highly heritable - often leptin-resistant ppl
- effect of bottomless bowl on consumption
73% more soup when bottomless
FACT: once fat is cell added its there to stay
FACT: obesity easit=er to maintain than overcome - placing fatty foods farther away helps
metabolism def
the rate at which energy is used by the body
- what does hormone DHEA do
early onset of sexual desire
- when are most animal females interested in sex
when estrogen levels are high - humans are different = whenever
- human sexual response cycle def
stages of physiological arousal during sexual activity
- detail sex excitement phas
-flush/erection etc
- detail sex plateau phase
tensions increase further - man urinary bladder closes