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Homeostasis |
The human body including the brain are always trying to maintain a certain ideal state. > the brain also tries to maintain a certain level of stimulus |
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Yerkes Dodgeson Curve |
Curve. High arousal at top= optimal performance |
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Heart Rate |
On average 70-70 beats per minute. Beyond 175 per minute, individuals begin doing strange thing. May become psychotic. |
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High arousal |
During high arousal the body enters fight or flight mode. @ 115-135 beats per minute: > not very smart > seeing alternative solutions is difficult > Finding details is difficult > cute girl/boy 175 beats per minute > people freeze > lose control of bowels > engage in actively submissive behavior |
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Latrogenic Effects |
Side effects that are caused by the clinician Ex: boy who came into therapy for adhd. Given medication. Medication caused ticks. Wanted to give him more medication |
Side effects |
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Walter Cannon |
(Wisdom of the brain) mind= the most advanced technology at the time |
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Catharsis |
Getting everything out of your system. > Analogous to blowing the steam out of a steam engine. In Psychotherapy > therapist is a blank slate. Acts like a whiteboard >Allows patient to talk about anything and get things out of system >Once things are out of system, therapist helps make associations >long term therapy >Individual feels fine after session but problems come back later. .need more sessions |
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Excitation Transfer Effect |
Individuals put themselves in an excited state. (Yerkes-Dodgeson curve) If high on Y-D curve you are at a stage of unrest and need something to do >soccer matches in the U.K. >bar fights >WWE wrestling matches >Mixed Martial Arts >Action movies >video games? |
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Rational Master theory |
Aristotle People do things for a reason |
Aristotle |
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Theories of motivation: Hedonism |
Aretê of Cyrane Maximize pleasure in order to minimize pain |
Low-key kinky |
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Theories of motivation: Hedonism of the future (Modified) |
Maximize pleasure for the future (may tolerate some pain) |
Kinky too lmao |
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Theories of motivation: Arousal |
Example: more likely to eat when you are high on Yerkes-Dodgeson curve |
Armenian food |
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Theories of motivation: Social Product theory (20th Century concept) |
Motivations are a product of social influences |
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Wisdom of the body |
Your body knows what it wants basically. If it wants food, it growls |
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Primal desires |
Sex Dating >social reasons >social product theories |
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Tropism |
Motions toward or away from specific stimuli which is usually innate. Example in lizards: >Heat from the sun will cause a lizard to dig into the sand In an experiment: > If you put a light bulb above a lizard it will start to dig > If you put a light bulb underneath a lizard it will also dig. (It will dig all the way until it reaches the light bulb and fry itself in the process) |
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Amygadala |
Center for emotion processing > Anxiety, Agression, Fear, etc |
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Dr. Jose Delgado study |
>Inserted electrodes into amygdalas of Spanish Fighting Bulls >When the bulls charged he would activate the electrodes in the bulls amygdala (the bull would stop charging. Turned off the electrode and the bull resumed charging) >controlled bull’s aggression >bulls that were amygdamized (amygdalas removed) became more aggressive >activation of amygdalas stopped aggression >damaged amygdalas increased aggression |
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Wilhem Wundt |
First experimental laboratory. > At the university of Leipzig >German physician >one of the founders of experimental psychology >studied damaged brain |
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19th century |
A lot of interest in engineering > Industrial Revolution >Began to think of the brain in terms of mechanics >Engineering is “modular” (constructed from standardized units. Parts of brain responsible for speech, hunger, logic, reasoning, art, music, etc.) The modern brain is built upon more primitive parts. |
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Homeostasis |
Regulating body temperature, hunger, aggression Controlled by sub-cordial structure >Hypothalamus (Eating, drinking. To some degree with sex drive and aggression [other structures involved as well] Detects level of water in the body: if water levels are low, thirsty. |
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Hypothalamus |
Can b manipulated in rats >Damage ventro-medial nucleus of hypothalamus... rat will keep eating >Damage lateral nucleus of hypothalamus... rat will stop eating and starve > If either of these structures is stimulated, the rat will do the opposite |
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Social Product Theory |
Motivation is the product of social influences Children inFluenced by friends Bandura: >Social Learning Theory- How humans learn. Learn and behave by imitating other humans. Especially if other person is perceived as powerful
Bobo doll experiment |
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