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18 Cards in this Set
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Emotion
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state characterized by physioloical arousal, facial expressions, subjective feelings that often leads to a change in behavior
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Cannon-Bard theory
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states that activity in the thalamus causes emotional feelings and bodily arousal to occer simultaneously
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Contemporary theory
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combines all emotional theories, as cognitive appraisal leads to multi-level reaction marked by ANS arousal, behavioral response, emotional expressions, and feelings
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Need
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a ranking of need based on there presumed strength
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Arousal theory
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states that there are ideal levels of arousal for various activities (occurs in the central nervous system-autonomic ns)
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Secondary motives (learned)
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based on learned needs and drives (achievement, etc.)
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Opponent-process theory
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states that strong emotions tend to be followed by opposite emotional state, the strength of which changes over
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Schachter's Cognitive theory
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states that emotions occur physical arousal and is interpreted on the basis of experience or situational cues
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Motivation
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mechanisms which initiate, sustain, and direct activities
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Stimulus motives
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needs for stimulation and motivation (activity, exploration, etc.)
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cognitive theory
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an explanation of behavior that asserts that people actively and regularly determine their own goals and the means of achieving them through thought
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Need
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an internal deficiency that may energize behavior; an organism is pushed and pulled by them
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Drive theory
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an explanation of behavior that assumes that an organism is motivated to act because of a need to attain,reestablish, or maintan some goal that helps w/ survival
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james-Lange Theory
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states that emotional feelings following bodily arousal come from the awareness of that arousal
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Homeostasis
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a steady state of bodily or psychological equillibrium
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Yerkes-Dodson law
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states that arousal improves performance toa point, after which it decreases performance
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Primary motives
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based on biological needs (hunger, thirst, etc.)
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Mood
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a low intensity, long-lasting emotional state
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