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what is emotion

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a mix of physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and conscious experience

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amygdala

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plays a primary role and the right hemisphere is active during many displays of emotion.

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sympathetic nervous system

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releases acetylcholine that prepares the body for vigorous activity

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Seyle’s General Adaptation Syndrome

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alarm, resistance, exhaustion

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James Lange theory of emotion

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emotional stimulus causes physical reaction, physical reaction causes emotion

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Cannon Bard theory of emotion

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an emotional awareness and an internal physiological response occur at the same time

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Schater two factor theory of emotion

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physiological arousal determines the strength of the emotion, while cognitive appraisal identifies the emotion label

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expression of emotion

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depends on the situation and who is present, and display rules, which are designed to exaggerate, minimize, or mask emotional expressions

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instinct

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an unlearned behavior that is passed down from generation to generation

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drive reduction

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we are driven by basic biological needs

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Arousal and Yerkes Dodsons law

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we seek an optimum level of excitement or arousal, and most of us perform best with an optimum level of arousal

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opponent process theory of emotion

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people start at a baseline state, they want to move off this initial state because of motivation to return to baseline, and they experience withdrawal when off this baseline for a certain amount of time

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incentive

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we learn to associate some stimuli with rewards and others with punishments

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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

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physiological needs, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self actualization

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Biological causes of hunger motivation

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glucose, insulin, and fatty acid theory. Set point theory sends signals to hypothalamus that tells us to eat

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psychological causes of hunger motivation

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external cues like smell, internal cues like empty stomach

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Alfred Kinsey

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advocate for spreading knowledge about sex, began the scientific study of sex

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Masters and Johnson

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observed people having sex to understand dysfunction, arousal, etc. Claimed they could cure homosexuality

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sexual response cycle

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initial excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution

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gender and orientation studies

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has possible biological influences, there are different brain structures in homosexual and heterosexual males.

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Intrinsic motivation

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rewards we get internally

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extrinsic motivation

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rewards we get for accomplishments outside of ourselves

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approach approach

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when you must choose between two desirable outcomes

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avoidance avoidance

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when you must choose between two unattractive outcomes

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approach avoidance
when one goal or event has positive and negative features
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multiple approach avoidance
when you must choose between two or more things, and each has positive and negative features
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language
our spoken, written, or gestured works and the way we combine them to communicate meaning
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morphemes
the smallest combination of words that carry a meaning. Can be a prefix or suffix
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phonemes
the smallest distinctive sound unit
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grammar
a system of rules in a language that enables us to communicate and understand others
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semantics
the set of rules by which we derive meaning in a language
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syntax
the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences
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babbling/reflexive
infant makes spontaneous sounds not related to household language. 3-4 months.
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babbling cont.
infant reveals household language, 10 months.
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one word
12 months, using one word to communicate large meanings.
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two word
24 months, uses content words to communicate meanings, “go car”
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three word
24+ months, language develops rapidly into complete sentences
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skinner's theory of language development
thought that we can explain language development through social learning theory. Imitation, modeling, reinforcement.
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chomsky's theory of language development
says we have a “learning box” in our heads that enables us to learn any human language
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Worf's theory of linguistic relativity
the idea that language determines the way we think and not vice versa
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cognition
mental activity associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering
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concepts
mental grouping of similar objects, events, or people
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schemas
knowledge clusters that provide expectations about topics, events, objects, people, and situations in one’s life
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hierarchies
what we store our declarative memories into
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prototypes
the best example of a category, we base our concepts off of them
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algorithim
methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a problem
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heuristic
rule of thumb strategy that often allows use to make judgements and solve problems efficiently, a shortcut that can be prone to errors
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insight learning
sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem, no real strategy involved
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obstacles to problem solving
self imposed limitations, lack of interest, fatigue, drugs
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encoding
processing of info into the memory system, like typing info into computer.
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storage
retention of encoded material over time, like saving info in a computer.
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retrieval
getting the info out of memory storage, like searching for info in a computer and opening it
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sensory memory
a split second holding tank for all sensory information
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selective attention
what we are paying attention to determines what we encode
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magic number 7
the capacity for our short term memory is about 7 items +/- 2
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chunking (ways to improve memory)
grouping info into larger units
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mnemonic devices
memory aids
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rehearsal
repeat the info to get it into long term memory.
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long term memory and retrieval
our permanent storehouse for information, unlimited.
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declarative memories
conscious memories that we put effort into remembering
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episodic memories
memories of specific events, stored sequentially.
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semantic memories
general knowledge of the world stored as facts.
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nondeclarative memories
unintentional memories that we might not even realize we have
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recall
retrieving a memory without an external cue
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recognition
the process of using a cue to match a fact or concept with one already in memory
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serial postitioning effect
we retrieve the items at the beginning and end of alist much better than the stuff in the middle
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context
when, where, and how you originally formed memories impacts how you will retrieve memories is impacted by
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constructed memories
reporting false details of a real event or a recollection of an event that never occurred
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proactive interference
old memories interfere with new information
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retroactive interference
when learning of new information interferes with recall of old information
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memory interference (PORN)
proactive vs retroactive
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anterograde amnesia
people cannot encode new memories, but they remember previous memories stored in their LTM.
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retrograde amnesia
lose all memories stored in LTM, but can form new memories

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