Motivation & Emotion

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motivaton

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forces that create and direct behavior

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Instinct Theory

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primarily driven by instincts

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Drive Theories

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desire to reduce internal stress, caused by biological needs. Maintain homeostasis

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homeostatis

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The idea that the body monitors and maintains internal states

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drive

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Need to restore homeostatis

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incentive theories

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Behavior is motivated to maintain a level of arousal that is optimal

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Sensation seeking

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the degree to which an individual is motivated to experience high levels of sensory and physical arousal associated with varied and novel activities

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Humanistic Theories of Motiv.

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the view that is concerned with psychological and cognitive factors involved in motivation

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Gluecose

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Simple sugar that provides energy; produced by conversion of carbs and fats. AKA blood sugar

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Insulin

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Hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates blood levels of glucose and signals the hypothalamus, regulating eating behavior

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Basal Metabolic Rate

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Rate at which the body uses energy when at rest

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Blood Glucose and Desire to eat relationship

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As blood glucose decreases, desire to eat rises

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leptin

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hormone produced by fat cells that signals the hypothalamus, regulates eating behavior, long term

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neuropeptide Y (NPY

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Neurotransmitter that stimulates eating behavior

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set point theory

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Humans and animals have an optimal body weight that the body tries to maintain.

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Body Mass Index

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Height to weight relationship

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Obese

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BMI >= 30

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Hierarchy of needs

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Written by Abraham Maslow, divisions of motivation into levels that progress from basic physical needs to self-fulfillment needs

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Self Actualization

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difficult to define

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Issues w/ hierarchy of needs

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Lack of empirical evidence

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Self Determination Theory (SDT)

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Deci and Ryans theory of optimal human functioning can occur only if psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are satisfied

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Intrinsic And Extrinsic Motivation

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Intrinsic->self Extrinsic->external

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Competence Motivation

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Desire to direct behavior towards demonstrating competence

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Achievement Motivation

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desire to excel and outperform

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

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A projective personality test, involves creating stories about ambiguous scenes

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Emotion

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psychological state that involves a subjective experience

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Emotional Intelligence

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Capacity to understand and manage your own emotional experiences and perceive, comprehend, and respond to emotional responses to others.

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Basic Emotions

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Universal emotions

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Interpersonal engagement

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Emotion dimension reflecting the degree to which emotions involve a relationship

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amygdala

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Memory and emotional responses and fear

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anthropomorphism

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Attribution of human traits to nonhumans

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display rules

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Social and cultural regulations governing emotional expression

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James Lange Theory

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Emotions arise from perception of body changes

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facial feedback hypoth.

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Expressing an emotion facially causes the subject to experience that emotion

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Two Factor Theory of Emotion

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Schachter and Singers theory that emotion is the interaction of physiological arousal and the cognitive label we apply to it.

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Cognitive appraisal theory

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Emotional responses are triggered by a cognitive evaluation

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Personality

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individuals unique and consistent patterns of thinking,feeling, and behavior

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Psychoanalytic Personality

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Importance of sex, aggression, and early childhood experience. The unconscious can surface Free associations (dreams, slips of the tongue)

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Id

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pleasure

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Ego

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reality

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superego

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morals

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Defense Mechanisms

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Reduce anxiety by distorting thoughts or reality

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Displacement

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Shifting emotional impulses to a less threatening target

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Oedipus complex

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children imitate their same sex parent

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Fixation

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being stuck in a psychosexual stage (ex . oral fixation);

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Humanistic Personality

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'third force'. emphasized human potential, psychological growth, self awareness, and free will. Self concept is the most important aspect of personality

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Unconditional positive regard vs conditional

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Unconditional -> always love someone Conditional -> only show love for someone after a specific action

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Social Cognitive Personality

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Stresses the role of conscious thought process goals and self regulation

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Reciprocal Determinism

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interaction of behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors

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Self efficacy

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Beliefs influence behavior, performance, motivation, and persistence

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Trait Theory Personality

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describes and measures individual differences or traits( (observable behaviors)

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Source Traits

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represent the basic fundamental dimensions of personalitty

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Five Factor Model (OCEAN)

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Extroversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness

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Behavioral Genetics

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The big five have genetic components

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Self - Report inventories

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MMPI, CPI, 16PF