Motivation, Stress and Emotion

Question 1

incentives

Answer 1

pos. or neg stimuli that lure or repel us

Question 2

yerkes dodson law

Answer 2

med arousal –> best performance

Question 3

primary drives

Answer 3

biological needs

Question 4

secondary drives

Answer 4

wants

Question 5

A.L Washburn

Answer 5

studied hunger with a balloon in someones stomach

Question 6

lateral hypothalamus

Answer 6

makes you hungry

Question 7

ventromedial hypothalamus

Answer 7

makes you feel full

Question 8

set point

Answer 8

Set weight body tries to maintain

Question 9

Ghrelin

Answer 9

hunger hormone secreted from the stomach (more hungry)

Question 10

Insulin

Answer 10

hunger hormone from the pancreas (less hungry)

Question 11

Leptin

Answer 11

hunger hormone from fat cells (less hungry)

Question 12

Orexin

Answer 12

hunger hormone from the hypothalamus (more hungry)

Question 13

PYY

Answer 13

hunger hormone from intestine/digestive tract (less hungery)

Question 14

obesity

Answer 14

15-30% over average body weight

Question 15

bulimia

Answer 15

eat then –> do something to quickly loose the weight (throw up, work out, laccatives)

Question 16

anorexia

Answer 16

not eating to loose weight

Question 17

The Garcia effect

Answer 17

studied aversions
ex. repulsed by food you ate when you were in chemo

Question 18

Alfred Kinsey

Answer 18

studies sexual practices

Question 19

Masters and Johnson

Answer 19

studied sexual cycles by watching volunteers masterbate

Question 20

Importance of belonging

Answer 20

basic human motivation

Question 21

ostracism

Answer 21

social exclusion

Question 22

testosterone

Answer 22

the male sex hormone

Question 23

estrogen

Answer 23

female sex hormone

Question 24

sexual response cycle

Answer 24

1. excitement phase
2. plateau phase- increase in blood pressure, pulse, and breathing
3. orgasm
4. resolution phase

Question 25

homosexuality theories

Answer 25

1. linked to the size of the hypothalamus 2. abnormal amt of the opposite sex hormone in womb

Question 26

emotion

Answer 26

bodily arousal, expressive behavior, conscious thoughts and feelings

Question 27

James-Lange theory on emotion

Answer 27

Arousal comes before emotion ex. scared then tremble

Question 28

Cannon-Bard theory on emotion

Answer 28

arousal and emotion happen at same time

Question 29

Stanley Schacter's two factor theory on emotion

Answer 29

physical arousal + cognitive appraisal = emotions

Question 30

polygraphs

Answer 30

measures heart rate, sweat, and blood pressure

Question 31

problems with the polygraph test

Answer 31

could show up as a lie when in reality you are really just nervous

Question 32

role of sympathetic division of your autonomic nervous system during emotional arousal

Answer 32

mobilizes body for action and causes adrenal glands to secrete stress hormone

Question 33

parasympathetic systems and emotion

Answer 33

calms the body

Question 34

Robert Zajone

Answer 34

we have emotional reactions before we interpret stimuli

Question 35

low road thinking

Answer 35

using old parts of the brain and acting in an irrational emotional way

Question 36

high road thinking

Answer 36

thinking before acting

Question 37

amygdala on emotional thinking

Answer 37

where emotions are felt

Question 38

thalamus in emotional thinking

Answer 38

where everything goes through

Question 39

Walter cannon

Answer 39

came up with cannon-bard theory

Question 40

Stressors

Answer 40

things that cause stress 1. catastrophes 2. significant life changes 3. daily hassles

Question 41

Hans Selye

Answer 41

studied the body's adaptive reaction to stress by stimulating animals

Question 42

General adaptation syndrome- 3 stages

Answer 42

1. alarm reaction- sympathetic nervous system activated 2. resistance- fight back 3. exhaustion- after delt with stress

Question 43

role of prolonged stress

Answer 43

damage to the immune system and more likely to get cancer, heart disease

Question 44

norepinephrine, epinephrine, and cortisol

Answer 44

stress hormones

Question 45

adrenal gland

Answer 45

secretes stress hormones

Question 46

Holmes and Rahe

Answer 46

studied stress by giving a point value to stressful thing

Question 47

Type A personality

Answer 47

competitive, impatient, verbally aggressive (more prone to heart probs)

Question 48

Type B personality

Answer 48

easygoing

Question 49

Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

Answer 49

assessment for measuring stressful situations

Question 50

Life changing units (LCU)

Answer 50

Stressful things point value

Question 51

lack of control effects on stress

Answer 51

makes you more stressed

Question 52

explanatory style

Answer 52

how people explain to themselves why they experience a particular event, either positive or negative

Question 53

problem-focused coping

Answer 53

deal with the problem to decrease stress ex. studying for stressful test

Question 54

emotion-focused coping

Answer 54

dealing with your emotions to deal with stress

Question 55

Paul Ekman

Answer 55

found out facial expressions are universal

Question 56

Universal human emotions

Answer 56

-happy -sad -angry -fear -disgust -surprise -contempt

Question 57

context dependant memory

Answer 57

remembering better when you are in the spot something happened ex. taking test where you learned the material

Question 58

acetocolene

Answer 58

Neurotransmitter governs memory and movement

Question 59

kinesthetic sense

Answer 59

body awareness in space

Question 60

selective attention

Answer 60

only focusing on a certain thing ex. passing basketball and the gorilla

Question 61

proactive interference

Answer 61

old info hakes it hard to learn new things

Question 62

external locus of control

Answer 62

forces outside of your control