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Motivation

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A need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

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Instinct

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A complex, unlearned behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species

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Homeostasis

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A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state

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Drive Reduction Theory

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A physiological need creates an aroused tension state, which motivates the organism to satisfy that need

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Yerkes-Dodson

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Performance increases with arousal only up to a point, then performance decreases

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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Describes what needs must be met in order to satisfy other, less important needs

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What physiological factors produce hunger?

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The hypothalamus receives a signal of a drop in glucose, so it secretes appetite-stimulating hormones

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Glucose

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The form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides for the major source of energy for the body tissues

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Set point

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The point at which an individual’s weight is set, when the body falls below or above it, it changes energy output

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Basal Metabolic Rate

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The body’s resting rate of energy expenditure

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Stages of the sexual response cycle

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Excitement - Genitals become engorged with blood
Plateau - Excitement peaks as breathing pulse and blood pressure rates increase
Orgasm - Muscle contractions happen all over the body
Resolution - Body returns to its unaroused state and the refractory period starts again

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Men vs. Women refractory period

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Men is longer

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Humans vs. other animals (sex hormones)

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Sex hormones govern human behaviors less rigidly than the behaviors of other species

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Why do humans have an affiliation need?

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Humans survive and reproduce better in groups

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Insecure anxious attachment

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Constantly craving acceptance but remaining vigilant to signs of possible rejection

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Insecure avoidant attachment

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Feelings of discomfort over getting close to others

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James-Lange theory

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Our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion arousing stimuli

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Cannon-Bard theory

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Emotion arousing stimuli trigger the physiological response and the experience of emotion at the same time

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Two-factor theory

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AKA Shatcher-Singer, Emotions have two ingredients - physical arousal and cognitive appraisal

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Zajanc/LeDoux

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Some emotional responses, like simple likes, dislikes, and fears, involve no conscious thinking

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Lazarus

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Emotions arise when we apprise an event as harmless or dangerous

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Women vs. Men (Reading facial expressions)

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Women can detect facial expressions better

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Expressing emotions culture to culture

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Emotional expressions are understood across all cultures but the way they are expressed is different

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Facial Feedback Effect

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The emotion you display makes you feel that

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Behavior Feedback Phenomenon
Your behavior dictates what emotions you feel
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Health Psychology
Provides psychologys contribution to behavioral medicine
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Stress apprasial
How you interpret a stressor
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Stress
The process by which you perceive and respond to certain events
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General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion
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Tend-and-Befriend response
More common in women, people provide support to others and bond with and seek support from others
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Psychophysiological illnesses
"Mind body" illness; any stress related physical illness
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Lymphocytes
Two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system: B and T types
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Type A vs. Type B
Type A is more aggressive and competitive, Type B is more easygoing. Type A has a higher risk of heart attack
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Unconsious mind
Freud's theory of personality that he attributes unconscious motives and conflicts to
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Psychoanalysis + Free Association
Free Association is where people say their unfiltered train of thoughts, then get psychoanalyzed
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Id
A reservoir of the unconscious, Wants immediate pleasure. Wants to satisfy aggressive and sexual needs
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Ego
The largely conscious executive part of the personality that mediates the demands of the id, superego, and reality.
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Superego
The part of the personality that represents internalized ideals and standards of judgment
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Freud's Psychosexual Stages
Oral - mouth Anal - pooing and peeing Phallic - incest Latency - no sexual feelings Genital - normal sexual feelings
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Oedipus Complex
A boy's sexual desires for his mother and hatred for his father
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Psychodynamic Theories
Modern-day approaches to Psychosexual Stages
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Neo-Freudian's ideas vs Freuds
Neo-Freudians - shared similar ideas, but paced more emphasis on the conscious mind and doubted that sex and aggression were all-consuming motivations
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Alfred Adler
Neo-Freudian. Much of our effort is to conquer childhood inferiority
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Karen Horney
Neo-Freudian. Childhood anxiety triggers our desire for love and security
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Carl Jung
Believed we have a collective unconscious of memory that traces from our species' history
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Projective test
A personality test designed to reveal hidden emotions and internal conflicts
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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
A projective test where people make up stories about ambiguous scenes
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Rorscach inkblot test
The most widely used projective test, used to identify people's inner feelings by analyzing their interpretations of ink blots
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False consensus effect
We tend to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and our behaviors
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Terror-Management Thoery
A theory of death-related anxiety; explores people's emotional and behavioral responses to reminders of their impending death
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Humanism
Views psychology with a focus on the potential for healthy human growth
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Abraham Maslow
Humanist - Proposed we are motivated by a hierarchy of needs, and ultimately seek self-actualization
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Carl Rogers
Humanist - growth requires genuineness, acceptance, and empathy (person-centered response)
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Self-concept
Answer to the question "Who am I". If we do not feel like our ideal self, we feel dissatisfied and unhappy
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Gordon Allport's traits vs. Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Allport believed we all had special measurable traits, and was more concerned with describing them than explaining them
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MBTI test
Personality test that categorizes individuals into one of 16 personality types
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Eysenck Personality Questionare
Measures an individual's personality along three dimensions
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
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"Big Five" Scale
Measures the five most important traits in predicting personality: Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Emotional Stability, Openness, Extravesion
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Person-Situation Controversy
Looking for genuine personality traits that persist over time and across situations
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Social-Cognitive Perspective
Proposed by Albert Bandura, it views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people's traits and their social context
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Behavioral Approach
Focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development
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Reciprocal Determinism
The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and the enviornment
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Positive Psychology
The scientific study of optimal human functioning; aims to discover and promote strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive
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Overconfidence effect
Tendency for individuals to overestimate their abilities and knowledge. Leads to errors in judgment and decision-making
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Self
Refers to an individual's personal identity and sense of who they are
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Spotlight effect
The tendency for an individual to overestimate the extent to which others pay attention to them
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Self-Esteem
An individuals overall evaluation of their worth or value as a person
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Self-Efficany
An individual's belief in their ability to successfully complete tasks and achieve goals
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Self-Serving bias
The tendeny to attribute your successes to internal factors and your failures to external factors

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