Chapter 11 - Emotion And Motivation

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Emotion

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Mental state or feeling associated with our evaluation of our experiences

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Discrete emotions theory

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Theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions that are rooted in their biology

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Primary emotions

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Small number of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross-culturally universal

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Display rules

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Cross-cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions

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Cognitive theories of emotions

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Theories proposing that emotions are ones product of thinking

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Janes-Lange theory

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Theory proposing that we use our "gut reactions" to help us determine how we should act

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Cannon-Bard theory

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Theory proposing that an emotion-provoking event lead simultaneously to an emotion and to bodily reactions

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Two-factor theory

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Theory proposing that emotions are produced by an undifferentiated state of arousal along with an attribution(explanation) of that arousal

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Mere-exposure effect

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Phenomenon in which repeated exposure makes us more likely to feel favorably toward it

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Facial feedback hypothesis

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Theory that blood vessels in the face feedback temperature information in the brain, altering our experience emotions

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Non verbal leakage

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Unconsious spillover of emotions into nonverbal behaviour

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Proxemics

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Study of personal space

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Levels of personal space

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1. Public distance 2. Social distance 3. Personal distance 4. Intimate distance

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Pinocchio response

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Supposedly perfect physiological or behavioral indicator of lying

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Guilty knowledge test (GKT)

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Alternative to the polygraph test that relies on the premise that criminals harbor concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people don't

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Integrity test

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Questionnaire that presumably assesses workers tendency to steal or cheat

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Broader and build theory

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Theory proposing that happiness predisposes us to think more openly

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Positivity effect

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Tendency for people to remember positive than negative information with age

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Affective forecasting

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Ability to predict our own and others happiness

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Durability bias

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Belief that both our good and bad moods will last longer than they do

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Hedonic treadmill

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Tendency for our moods to adapt to external circumstances

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Self-esteem

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Evaluation of our worth

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Defensive determinism

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Strategy for this expectation by mentally over-preparing for negative outcomes

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Motivation

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Psychological drives that propel us in a specific direction

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Drive reduction theory

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Theory proposing that certain drives, like hunger, thirst and sexual frustration, motive us to act in ways that minimize aversive states

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Homeostasis

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Equilibrium

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Yerkes-Dodson Law

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Inverted U-shaped relation between arousal on the one hand and mood and performance on the other

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Incentive theories

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Theories proposing that we're often motivated by positive goals

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Hierarchy of needs

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Model developed by Abraham Maslow (easy to remember peeps) proposing that we must satisfy physiological needs and needs for safety and security before progressing to more complex needs

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Glucostatic theory

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Theory that when our blood glucose levels drop, hunger creates a drive to eat to restore the proper level of glucose

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Leptin

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Hormone that signals the hypothalamus and brainstem to reduce appetite and increase the amount of enery used

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Set point

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Value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass we tend to maintain

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Internal-external theory

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Theory holding that obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues than internal cues

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Bulimia nervosa

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Eating disorder associated with a pattern of bingeing and purging in an effort to lose or maintain weight

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Anorexia nervosa

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Eating disorder associated with excessive weight loss and the irrational perception that one is overweight

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Excitement phase

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Phase in human sexual response in which people experience sexual pleasure and notice physiological changes associated with it

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Plateau phase

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Phase in human sexual response in which sexual tension builds

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Orgasm(climax)

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Phase in human sexual response marked by involuntary rhythmic contractions in the muscles of genitals in both men and women

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Resolution phase

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Phase in human sexual response following orgasm in which people report relaxation and a sense of well-being

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Predictors of attraction

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Proximity (physical nearness), Similarity (things in common) and Reciprocity (rule of give and take)

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Passionate love

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Love marked by powerful, even overwhelming longing for ones partner

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Compeniate love

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Love marked by a sense of deep friendship and fondness for ones partner