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| motivated by drives; internal state of tension that pushes organism to do things to reduce tnesion |
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| motivated by incentives; external goal that has capacity to motivate behavior; motivated by external rewards |
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| masters and johnson (1960s) |
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| first large, systematic study of sexual response |
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| sexual arousal begins, escalates rapidly; heart rate, breathing, BP increase; increased skin sensitivity, muscle tension; vasocongestion to genitals begins |
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| sexual arousal very high, continues to build at slower pace; sex flush for some; men-head of penis darkens, pre-ejaculate may gather; women-orgasmic platform, clitoris retracts under clitoral hood |
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| sexual arousal/tension reaches peak; series of muscular contractions, mainly in pelvic area |
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| body returns to unaroused state; takes longer if orgasm does not occur |
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| self-report personality inventory |
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| asks people to answer series of questions a/b their characteristic behavior |
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| asks people to repsond to vague, ambiguous stimuli in ways that are supposed to reveal their inner needs, feelings, and traits |
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| consists of everything a person is aware of at a particular time |
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| contains material right below surface of conscious mind that could be easily retrieved |
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| contains thoughts, memories, desires that are below surface of awareness and that we don't have easy access to |
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| primitive, instinctive part of personality; basic, biological urges |
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| the realistic, decision making part of personality; negotiator |
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| moral component of personality that incorporates society's standards a/b right and wrong |
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| creating false but socially acceptable reasons for our inappropriate behavior |
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| attributing our undesirable feelings/motives/wants to others |
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| acting in a manner opposite our true feelings |
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| expresing feelings toward someone besides the target person, b/c they are perceived as less threatening |
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| displaying immature behaviors that have relieved negative feelings in the past |
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| erotic stimulation focused on mouth; feeding and weaning |
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| erotic stimulation is centered on anus and functions of elimination |
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| phallic stage (4-5 years) |
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| erotic stimulation centered on genitals |
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| sexual desire for mother; anger at father; identify with father to cope |
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| penis envy; turns against mom, sexual desire for father; identify with mother to cope |
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| latency stage (6-12 or puberty) |
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| sexual thoughts repressed/dormant, engages in nonsexual activities; develops relationships outside of family |
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| renewed sexual desires; focus on genitals again; sexual desires focused outward toward other people |
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| general adaptation syndrome |
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| describes body's reaction to stress as consisting of 3 stages; alarm, resistance, exhaustion |
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| first reaction to stress; prepare to cope w/ immediate stressor; fight-or-flight response |
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| reaction to continued stress; body attempts to adjust; physiological responses level off at high level |
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| reaction to long-term, continued stress; depletion of body's resources; weakening of immune system |
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| a complex reaction involving a subjective experience (cognitive part), bodily arousal (physical part), and overt expression (behavioral part) |
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autonomic arousal leads to conscious feeling of emotion; brain interprets patters of physiological change as emotion
-example: see angry dog, tremble and run away; b/c we're trembling and run away, feel scared |
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stimuli simultaneously trigger conscious feeling and autonomic arousal; see stimuli, message sent to thalamus, thalamus sends message to autonomic nervous system and cortex at the same time
-ex. see angry dog, thalamus activated, feel scared and run away at the same time |
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| schachter's two factor theory |
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use situational cues to determine which emotion we're experiencing; emotion consists of two parts-physical arousal, cognitive interpretation or label of arousal, experience physical arousal first, the look for cues in the environment to explain why
-ex. see angry dog, tremble, look at situation (dog is about to attack), label arousal as fear |
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| norms that regulate the appropriate expression of emotion |
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| sensations from movement of facial muscles are interpreted by brain as different emotions |
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| individual's unique collection of consistent behavioral traits |
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| use concept of personality to explain differences b/n people |
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| use concept of personality to describe people's similarities from one situation to the next |
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| analyze personality by measuring, identifying, and classifying personality characteristics or traits |
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| relatively stable and anduring tendency to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations |
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| openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism |
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