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Motivation of hunger and eating
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The brain, the lateral, ventromedial and paraventicular areas of the hypothalimus appear to be involved in the control of hunger. Regulation of hunger depends primarily on insulin and leptin secretions. classical conditioning and observational learning influence what people eat. there might be a genetic predisposition to obesity. |
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Affiliation:in search of belongingness
chapter 10 |
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| Individual differences in the need for affiliation are usualy measured with the TAT. People who are relatively high in the need for affiliation tend to devote more time to interpersonal activities and worry about acceptance more than others. |
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The elements of emotional experience
chapter 10 |
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| Emotion is made up of cognitive, physiological and behavioral components.In peripheral nervous system, the physiological component is dominated by autonomic arousal. Ekman and Friesen have found considerable cross cultural agreement in the identification of emotions based on facial expressions. There are some striking cultural variations in how people categorize and display thier emotions. |
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sexual motivation and behavior
chapter 10 |
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| Phermones appear to be important determinants of sexual desire in lower animals but of limmited relevance to humans. Agressive pornography may make sexual coercion seem less offensive and may contribute to date rape. Consistent with evolutionary theory males tend to think about sex more than females males emphasize potential partners' youthfulness and atractiveness, women seek partners finacial prospects. there may be a genetic disposition to homosexuality and that idiosyncrasies in prenatal hormonal secretions might contribute. |
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Acvhievement: in search of excellence
chapter 10 |
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| McClelland pioneered the use of the TAT to measure achievement work harder and more persistantly thatn others. although they often choose to tackle challenges of intermediate dificulty. the pursuit of achievement tends to increase when the probability of succes and the incentive value of success are high |
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Theories of emotion
chapter 10 |
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| James long theory asserts that emotion results from ones perception of autonomic arousal. the cannon bard theory counters with the proposal that emotions originate in subcortical areas of the brain. schaters two factor theory says people infer emotion from arousal and then label itin accordance with their cognitive explanation for the arousal. |
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Putting it in perspective
chapter 10 |
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| Psychology is characterized by theoretical diversity, that biology and environment shape behavior interactively that behavior is governed by multiple causes, that physiological procceses are characterized by both cultural variance and invariance and that psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context. |
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Exploring the ingredients of happiness
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| Factors such as income, age, parenthood, inteligence, and atractiveness, are largely uncorellated with subjective well being physical health good social relationships, religious faith and culture appear to have a modest impact on feelings of happiness |
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| involves goal-directed behavior |
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| Simple sugar that is an important source of energy |
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| Body mass index weight in kilograms divided in height in meters squared |
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| natural point of stability in body wieght |
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| are the principal class of gonadal hormones in females |
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| a chemical secreted by one animal that affects the behavior of another |
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| substances thought to increase sexual desire |
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