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motivation and personality Flashcards

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instinct

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complex behaviors have fixed patterns and are not learned

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drive reduction

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physiological needs create aroused tension (drive) that motivates you to satisfy the need (driven by homeostasis)

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primary drive

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unlearned drive based on survival (thirst, hunger)

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secondary drive

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learned drive (wealth or success)

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incentive theory

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driven by external rewards

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intrinsic motivation

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inner motivation

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extrinsic motivation

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motivation to obtain a reward

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cognitive dissonance

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theory by Festinger

two opposing thoughts conflict with each other causing discomfort which makes us find ways to justify the situation

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Yerkes-Dodson Law

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humans seek optimum levels of arousal-easier tasks require more arousal, harder tasks require less arousal

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Hierarchy of Needs by Maslow

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needs lower on the pyramid have priority over ones higher on the pyramid

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Maslow’s Pyramid

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esteem
——————
love/belonging
———————-
safety
—————————
physiological
———————————-

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what does the pancreas regulate

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glucose

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what does insulin do

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decrease glucose

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what hormones make us hungry

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orexin, grehlin

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what hormones make us stop eating

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PYY, leptin

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what makes you hungry

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lateral hypothalamus

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what makes us feel full

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ventromedial hypothalamus

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bulimia

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disorder where people go through binging and purging periods

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stimulation of hypothalamus leads to what?

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sexual behavior

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destruction of hypothalamus leads to what?

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sexual inhibition

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sexual response pattern

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cycle of sexual response: excitement, plateau, orgasm, refractory period

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Alfred Kinsey

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Kinsey scale of homosexuality

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James Lange Theory of Emotion

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stimulus→ arousal (physical response)→emotion

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Canon Bard Theory

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stimulus→arousal (physical) and emotion simultaneously

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Two Factor Theory

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stimulus→arousal→ analysis of emotion

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Eckman’s Theory

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6 universal emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear)

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non-verbal cues

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gestures

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facial feedback hypothesis

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being forced to smile will make you happier

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industrial/organizational psych

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science of human behavior in the workplace for recruitment, training, satisfaction

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ergonomics/human factors

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the study of people’s efficiency in their working environment

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Hawthorne Effect

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productivity increases when employees feel important

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problem-focused coping

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solving or doing something to alter the course of stress (ex: acceptance)

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emotional focused coping

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reducing the emotional distress (ex: denial)

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General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) by Selye

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three phases of stress response

alarm, resistance, exhaustion

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Theories of Conflict

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idea by Lewin

four approaches to conflict

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approach-approach conflict

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win-win situation: conflict is which win you have to choose

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approach-avoidance conflict

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win-lose situation: outcome has positive and negative effects

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avoidance avoidance conflict

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lose-lose: both outcomes are bad, but you must make a choice

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multiple approach avoidance conflict

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two or more win-lose situations

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Psychodynamic Personality Theory

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Idea by Sigmund Freud

personality is largely unconscious

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conscious

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immediate awareness of current environment

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preconsious

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available to awareness, can be recalled but aren’t on surface

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unconscious

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unavailable to awareness

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id

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hidden, true animalistic wants and desires, operates on pleasure principle

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superego

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moral conscious

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ego

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reality principle, mediates between id and superego

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when do we use defense mechanisms

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when ego cannot mediate between the id and superego

there are 8 defense mechanisms

repression, projection, denial, displacement, reaction formation, regression, rationalization, sublimation

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repression

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push memories back to unconscious mind

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projection

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attribute personal shortcomings to fault of others

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denial

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refuse to acknowledge reality

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displacement

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shift feelings from an unacceptable object to a more acceptable one (yell at wall instead of person)

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reaction formation

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transform unacceptable motive into polar opposite (woman afraid of sexual urges becomes a nun)

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regression

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transforms into an earlier development period in the face of stress (suck thumb when stressed out)

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rationalization

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replace a less acceptable reasoning with a more acceptable one

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sublimation

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replace unacceptable impulse with a socially acceptable one (man who is very sexual paints nudes)

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Freud’s Psychosexual Stages

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5 stages of sexual development

includes oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, and genital stage

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oral stage

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0-18 months, pleasure focuses on mouth

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anal stage

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18-36 months, pleasure focuses on eliminative functions (potty training)

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phallic stage

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3-6 years, pleasure focuses on genitals

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oedipal complex

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young boys learn to identify with their father

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electra complex

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young girls identify with their mom because they can’t identify with their dad (penis envy)

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latency stage

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6 years-puberty, psychic time out, personality is set

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genital stage

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adulthood, sexual reawakening, turn sexual desires onto other people (stray away from oedipal and electra complexes)

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fixation

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can becomes “stuck” in an earlier stage, influences personality (example: oral stage is smokers, phallic is promiscuous)

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psychoanalysis

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analyze a person’s unconscious motives through free association, transference, dream interpretation, and projective tests

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free assosciation

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say aloud everything that comes to mind without hesitation

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transference

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looks for feelings to transferred to a psychoanalyst

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dream interpretation

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analyze the manifest and latent content

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projective tests

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ambiguous stimuli shown to look at your unconscious motives (example: Rorschach inkblot tests)

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Carl Jung

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Neofreudian

believed in the collective unconscious (shared inherited reservoir of memory passed on through generations)

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Karen Horney

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Neofreudian

said that personality develops in context of social relationships, not sexual urges

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traits

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enduring personality characteristics, people can be described by these

can have strong and weak tendencies

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Big Five Personality Theory

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Theory by Costa and McRae

said that there are 5 universal traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism (OCEAN))

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Openess

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imaginative, independent

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conscientiousness

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organized, helpful, careful, disciplined

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extraversion

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sociable, fun, affectionate

opposite is introversion

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agreeableness

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soft, trusting

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neuroticism

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calm, secure

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issues with Big 5 theory

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ignores situation in behavior

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how do we test big 5 theory?

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personality inventories (MMPI test)

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Humanistic Approach

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emphasized personal growth and free will

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self concept

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idea by Carl Rogers

idea of who we are

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actual self

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how others perceive us

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ideal self

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who you want to be

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individualistic cultures

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prioritize own goal over group goal

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collectivistic cultures

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prioritize group goal over own goal

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social-cognitive perspective

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believed behavior is a complex interaction of inner and environmental factors

emphasizes conscious awareness, beliefs, expectations, and goals

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Reciprocal Determinism

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Idea by Bandura

interaction of behavior, cognitions, and environment make up you

example: Im outgoing (behavior), I choose to teach because I am outgoing (environment), I have thought this through (cognitive)

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self-efficacy

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belief that one can success, so you ensure you do

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internal locus of control

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you control your own fate

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external locus of control

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outside forces control your fate

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how do we test social cognitive?

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observations and interviews

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