Psychology Core Concepts Chapter 9

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Emotion

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A four-part process that involves psychological arousal

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Display rules

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The permissible ways of displaying emotions in a particular society

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Lateralization of emotion

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Different influences of the two brain hemispheres on various emotions. The left hemisphere apparently influences positive emotions (for example

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James-Lange theory

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An emotion-provoking stimulus produces a physical response that, in turn, produces an emotion

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Cannon-Bard theory

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The opposite of the James-Lang theory, the response from the emotion causing stimulus, the action and emotion happen at the same time.

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Two-factor theory

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The proposal claiming that emotion results from the cognitive appraisal of both physical arousal (Factor #1) and an emotion-provoking stimulus (Factor #2)

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Inverted U function

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Describes the relationship between arousal and performance. Both low and high levels of arousal produce lower performance than does a moderate level of arousal

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Sensation seekers

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Individuals who have a biological need for higher levels of stimulation than do other people

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Emotional intelligence

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The ability to understand and control emotional responses

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Polygraph

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A device that records or graphs many ("poly") measures of physical arousal

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Motivation

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Refers to all the processes involved in starting

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Drive

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Biologically started motivation

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Motive

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An internal mechanism that selects and directs behavior

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Intrinsic motivation

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The desire to engage in an activity for its own sake

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Extrinsic motivation

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The desire to engage in an activity to achieve an external consequence

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Conscious motivation

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Having the desire to engage in an activity and being aware of the desire

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Unconscious motivation

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Having a desire to engage in an activity but being consciously unaware of the desire.

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Fixed-action patterns

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Genetically based behaviors

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Homeostasis

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The body's tendency to maintain a biologically balanced condition

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Locus of control

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An individual's sense of where his or her life influences originate - internally or externally.

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Hierarchy of needs

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The notion that needs occur in priority order, with the biological needs as the most basic

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Overjustification

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The process by which extrinsic (external) rewards can sometimes displace internal motivation

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Need for achievement (n Ach)

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Desire to attant a difficult, but desired goal

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Individualism

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View that places a high value on individual achievement and distinction

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Collectivism

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View that values group loyalty and pride over individual distinction

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Set point

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Refers to the tendency of the body to maintain a certain level of body fat and body weight

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sexual response cycle

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The four-stage sequence of arousal

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Sexual scripts

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Socially learned ways of responding in sexual situations

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Sexual orientation

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One's erotic attraction toward members of the same sex (a homosexual orientation)