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James-Lange theory of emotion |
physiological body responses lead to putting a label on the emotion (we feel scared because our heart rate speeds up) |
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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion |
stimulus leads to both a physiological response in the body and a labeled emotion around the same time |
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somatic markers |
biological responses generated by considering the emotional consequences of certain actions |
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mood vs emotion |
emotions are more sudden moods are more drawn out, lengthened feelings |
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definition of a need |
need: the physical thing that we seek out (ex: food)
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definition of a drive |
drive: the physical state we are in that leads us to act (ex: hunger) |
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definition of incentive |
things outside of us that influence or behavior ex: the trophy you get at the end of a race motivated you to train. trophy is the incentive |
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Yerkes-Dodson Law |
performance increases with arousal to an optimal point, then decreases as arousal continues to increase ex: stress makes you more likely to study, but at a point it becomes harmful |
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pleasure principle and hedonism |
humans act to seek pleasure and avoid pain hedonism = desire for pleasantness |
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intrinsic motivation vs extrinsic motivation |
extrinsic: motivated by external goals (objects, approval) intrinsic: motivated by internal satisfaction. feelings of pleasure from doing something |
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self-determination theory and self-perception theory |
explain why people do what they do -self determination: people do things for a sense of intrinsic value and autonomy. -self-perception: people label the motivation based on their actions. they perceive their actions as an explanation of their motivation |
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sensory-specific satiety |
new food leads to more hunger cues |
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gourmand syndrome |
obsession with quality and reward of food |
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Self-efficacy |
expecting that your efforts will be successful can be low (not successful) or high (successful) |
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achievement need |
setting reasonable goals. low - setting goals that are too high or too low to achieve high - people challenge themselves successfully |
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social comparison theory |
we want to compare ourselves to others so that we have accurate information of ourselves and those around us. this makes us feel comfortable in our decisions |
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VMH |
brain signals in the hypothalamus that controls hunger |
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leptin hormone |
controls fat regulation. sent to the hypothalamus. could possibly effect obesity and weight gain |
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hormone that causes female sexuality |
estrogen |
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hormone that drives male sexual behavior |
testosterone |
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brain region that controls sexual arousal hormones |
hypothalamus |
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sexual scripts |
the belief of how a sexual encounter should be enacted. the 'script' of layout. |
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erotic plasticity |
sexual desire is influenced to different extents throughout cultures higher in women than men |
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sexual strategies thoery |
males and females use strategies to maximize their potential of passing on their genes women have a much more selective sexual strategy and are much more careful because the consequences of sex are more prominent for women |
