Emotion And Motivation

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Discrete emotions theory

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humans experience a small number of district emotions

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Primary emotions

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emotions that are cross-culturally universal

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Schadenfreude

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a German term that refers to the glee we experience when witnessing the misfortune of others. Bobby with a 29

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Duchenne smile

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genuine emotional experession of happiness

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Pan Am smile

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fake smile, movement of mouth but not eyes

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Pure autonomic failure

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deterioration of autonomic nervous system neurons beginning in middle age

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Cannon-Bard theory

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an emotion-provoking event that leads simultaneously to both emotion and bodily reactions

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Two-factor theory

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1. we experience an undifferentiated state of arousal. 2. we try to explain of source of autonomic arousal

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Adrenaline

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a chemical that produces physiological arousal

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Unconscious influences on emotion

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factors outside our awareness that can affect our feelings

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Subliminal

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below the threshold for awareness

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More exposure effect

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repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likely to feel favorably toward it

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Facial feedback hypothesis

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you're likely to feel emotions that correspond to your facial features

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Motivation

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the drives, especially wants and needs, that propelus in specific directions

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Drive reduction theory

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certain drives motivate us to act in ways that minimize aversive states

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Drives

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hunger,, thirst, and sexual frustration

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Homeostasis

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equilibrium

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Sensory deprivation

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experienced false or rich sensory images and sounds

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Approach

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predisposition toward certain stimuli

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Avoidance

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a disposition away from certain stimuli

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Incentive theories

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we're often motivated by positive goals

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Intrinsic motivation

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people are motivated by internal goals

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Extrinisic motivation

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people are motivated by external goals

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Yerkes-Dodson law

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inverted U-shaped relation between arousal on the one hand, and affect and performance on the other

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Hierarchy of needs

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we must satisfy physiological needs and needs for safety and security before we can progress to more complex needs

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Glucostatic theory

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when our blood glucose levels drop

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Leptin

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more stored energy in fat cells, the more they produce this hormone

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Set point

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

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Internal-external theory

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which holds that obese people are motivated to eat more by such external cues

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Bulimia

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Bingeing to gain control over their hunger

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Anorexia

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desire to be thin

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Libido

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a wish for sexual activity and sexual pleasure

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Desire phase

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initiated by whatever prompts sexual interest

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Excitement phase

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people experience sexual pleasure and start to notice physiological changes

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Orgasm phase

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sexual pleasure and physical changes peak

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Resolution phase

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people report relaxation and a sense of well-being as the body returns to its unstimulated state

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Concordance

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the proportion of co-twins who exhibit a characteristic

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Exotic become erotic

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nonconforming children feel different and estranged from their peers, and perceive their same-sex peers as unfamiliar and exotic