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Chapter 9 Flashcards

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Evolutionary Approach

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William McDougall
18 human instincts

Focuses on instincts

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Drive Reduction Theory

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Need: requirement
Drive: urge/ tension
Primary drive: survival, hypothalamus
Secondary drive (acquired): learned through experience

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McClelland’s Theory

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nAff: need for social interactions

nPow: need for control

nAch: need to succeed and meet goals

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Self Theory of Motivation

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Carol Dweck

Personality

Internal/ external locus of control

Stimulus motive

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Stimulus Motive

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Dweck

Appears unlearned but increases stimulation such as creativity

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Arousal Theory

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Yerkes Dodson Law: strive to reach optimal level of tension

Incentives

Incentive approaches: behavior is explained by giving an external stim and getting rewarding properties

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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  1. Physiological
  2. Safety
  3. Belongingness
  4. Esteem
  5. Cognitive
  6. Aesthetic
  7. Self actuality ion/ transcendence
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Self Determination Theory

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Ryan & Deci

Inborn universal needs

  1. Autonomy: control behavior/ self determination
  2. Competence: master challenges in life
  3. Relatedness: feel belonged and secure
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Individualistic

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USA

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Collectivist

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Japan

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Stress

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Responses to threatening events

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Stressor

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Causes stress

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Distress

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Experience unpleasant stressors

Catastrophe: unpredictable stressful event

Hassles: daily annoyances

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Eustress

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Optimal level of stress

Promotes health

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Pressure

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Urgent demands from outside source

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Motivation

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The process by which activities get done to satisfy needs

Moves people to do the things they do

Extrinsic
Intrinsic

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Frustration

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Blocked from achieving goal or need

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Conflict

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Psychological stress from choosing between goals

Approach approach: desire 2 goals

Avoidance avoidance: choose between 2 or more goals

Approach avoidance: one goal

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Coping Strategies

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Actions to deal with stressor

Problem focused: change m/ eliminate stressor

Emotion focused: change how you feel

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Hormones secreted by pancreas to control levels of fat protein and carbs in body

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Insulin

Glucagon

21
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Lepton

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Hypothalamus

Reduce hunger

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Obesity

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Body weight is 20% or more

23
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The Kinsey Study

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Sexual study

People fall on sexual spectrum

Highly flawed

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The Janus Report

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National survey

3000 people
18-65

Men are more sexually active

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Sexual Orientation

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A persons sexual attraction

Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual

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6 Theories of Sexual Orientation

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  1. Stressed mothers = gay men
  2. Genetic switches called epimarks (control sexual characteristics) are passed on and runs in family
  3. Gay men and straight females react similarly to testosterone in sweat
  4. Birth order/ more older siblings you have moms body makes antibodies against Y chromosome
  5. X chromosome Xq28
  6. Kin selection: gay men nurture family children
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Emotion

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Conscious feeling

Physical arousal
External behavior
Inner feeling

28
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7 Universal Expressions

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  1. Anger
  2. Fear
  3. Disgust
  4. Happy
  5. Surprise
  6. Sad
  7. Contempt
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Display Rules

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Cultural rules on how to express emotions

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Common Sense Theory

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I am shaking because I am afraid

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James Lange Theory

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I am afraid because I am shaking

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Cannon Bard Theory

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I am shaking and afraid at the same time

33
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Schachter Singer Theory

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The stimulus is making me feel afraid

34
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Facial Feedback

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Facial expressions provide feedback to brain about the emotion which causes you to express an emotion

35
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Lazarus’ Cognitive Meditational Theory

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Appraisal of situation comes before physical arousal and emotion

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