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| area of psychological science concerned with the factors that energize, or stimulate, behavior. It focuses on what produces behavior--for instance, what makes you get up in the morning and go to class. |
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| believed that humans are driven by many needs. |
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(theory of motivation)
Top of pyramid:
- Self Actualization: someone achieves his or her personal dreams and aspirations
- Esteem: Good self opinion, accomplishments, reputation
- Belonging and Love: Acceptance, friendship
- Safety: Security, protection, freedom from threats
- Physiological: Hunger, thirst, warmth, air sleep, most basic, most necessary. |
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| The tendency for body functions to maintain equilibrium. |
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| emphasizes the external goals an activity is directed toward, such as reducing drive or obtaining a reward--for example, working to earn a paycheck |
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| the value or pleasure that is associated with an activity that has no apparent external goal--for example, playing, solving crossword puzzles, or listening to music. Enjoyable stuff like making mash ups or skateboarding. |
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| Ventral part of hypothalamus (VMH) |
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| Lateral area of hypothalamus (LH) |
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| What part of the brain controls the release of sex hormones? |
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- Refer to feelings that involve subjective evaluation, physiological processes and cognitive beliefs.
- Immediate responses to environmental events, such as being cut off in traffic or getting a nice gift. |
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| James-Lange Theory of emotion |
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- The idea that felt emotion is the result of perceiving specific patterns of bodily responses.
- One implication is that if you mold your facial muscles to mimic an emotional state, you activate the associated emotion. |
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| Cannon-bard theory of emotion |
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| the information from an emotion-producing stimulus is processed independently in cortical and in subcortical structures, causing the experience of two separate things at roughly the same time: an emotion (from cortex) and a physical reaction (from subcortex). |
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| primarily responsible for origin of feelings or emotions, responsible for connecting feelings/emotions with objects, people, events. |
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