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Psychology
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04/02/2013

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approaches to motivation
Definition
1dirve theroy
2Incentive theory
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drive
Definition
something inside (like hunger) that pushes you for a period of time
-used to be only thing to explain motives
Term
incentive theory
Definition
see something out side youself and its good enough to want it- it attracts you
Term
arousal Theory
Definition
people take certain actions to either decrease or increase levels of arousal. When arousal levels get too low, for example, a person might watch and exciting movie or go for a jog. When arousal levels get too high, on the other hand, a person would probably look for ways to relax
Term
sensory deporvation
Definition
change sensory world by eliminating senses
Term
lateral hypothalmus
Definition
if stimulated/shocked you will start to eat
if damaged you will stop eating
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ventril hypothalmus VMH
Definition
if stimulated you mill stop eating
if damaged you will start eating
Term
The idea of food
Definition
Food as concept file
Growing teinterest of food

Hunger factoids
Internal vs External control
Set point-alters hunger
Endorphins
Carbohydrates
Serotonin and depression
Mood food
Stress- makes us eat more
Social factors-eat with others
Preferences and aversions
Words
Images
Connections
Algorithms
Food and fast foodis complicated social stuff
Term
Serotonin and depression
Mood food
Stress
Definition
makes us eat more
Term
Drives->sex
what thing is a drive influenced by
Definition
sex drive is hormonally influenced
Term
6-7 gender constancy
Definition
-gender is whith the iniivdual
gender is with the individual
and not the context
concrete operations thinking
gender is with a man or woman person not a context
gener is par impartiatl in different context gender does not change
Term
Henry A Murray
1893 -1988 biochemistry MD History
Definition
capable of translating freud for medical psychology
translated in explaining meidically oriented psychologically
wrote the need for achievement
Term
4,5-8yrs- gender stability-
Definition
gender has outcomes ,gender has consequences , preoperational thinking

male child recognizes that the outcome could that he could be a father- she is a female – it has a fixed outcome –or stability
kindergarden
Term
3 years gender identity-
Definition
an awareness of gender differences-unidimentional classification
Term
developmental stages of sex typing
How a sense of gender gets translated into a gender role over time
Definition
How a sense of gender gets translated into a gender role over time

1st gender identity 3
2ndgender stabilty 3-8
3rd 6-7 gender constancy
Term
-cognitive view-
Definition
concept file of a female child have a similar
child is picking up interested information
Term
-psychonalytic view-
Definition
---freud- 8identification- how the child identifies with the world by coping a same sex parent
Term
-social learning view-
Definition
9 male child models the the action of a man if a boy and a mom is a girl
Term
-cognitive view-
Definition
concept file of a female child have a similar
child is picking up interested information
Term
3 different sex typing views
Definition
social learning
psychoanlytic view
cognitive view
Term
how does one follow a gender role
Definition
gender role is like a script of a play is you drop the script you drop the role and become playful
Term
7sense of gender/gender identity is made by
Definition
sense of gender->develops (translates) into gender role through sex typing

sex typing_--→ gender role=sex role
Term
7sex constant drive –
Definition
a concept file is made and is stored in the brain in the form of emotional energy (libido) freud introduced this idea
Term
what is achievemnet need
Definition
Th high achieve need” porson works well with delayed reward
it is the tendency to choose a intermediate task because more will be learned through understanding what might be the cause of success
difficult task=failure
easy task=not enough thought Easy task –learn nothing about their ability
A hard task they fail no feedback
Term
how is achiement need obatined
Definition
learned through independence at an early age
-high school grades are a perfect example
Term
how is achievement need measured
Definition
Thematic Apprreciation test
Term
Thematic Apprreciation test
Definition
focus on somehting and tell it's story
content of the story is what's on the mind
--apprehension of concern in picture
Term
A high need to achieve and a high fear of failure leads to
Definition
a lot of frustration
Term
low need to achieve and a low fear of failure leads to
Definition
reckless and erratic behavior
Term
during sympathetic activation
Definition
pupils dialate
Term
Emotion
Definition
–a state linked with motivation
-the results of not having the appropriate amount of information to deal with the perceived circumstances
Term
This achievement need is a combination of two opposing need systems
Definition
The need to achieve (+)
The fear of failure (-)
Term
example of state of activation
Definition
punchline of joke shifts you into activation
Term
when you are calm changes in the peripheral nervous system pns)
Definition
calm is parasympathic
Term
when you have too little information
Definition
-not having the right information to deal with the perceived circumstancesinformation has a balance---not enough information- google overload of information
Term
fear os success
Definition
if we succeed we will be unlike our peers
Term
sympathetic dominatnce
Definition
emotional activation pupils dialate
Term
adrenal gland produces these two neurotransmitters
Definition
norephirne
epinephrine
Term
what is happening to you mind when there is too adrenal gland activity
Definition
too much emotional activity
may hurt regulation in adrenal gland
Term
darwin wrote the expressions man has
Definition
people overexpress emotions in frowning smiling, pupil dialation
crainal nerves clusters of neurons
Term
crainal nerves
Definition
certain clusters of neurons that activate to overexpress emotions
Term
skin temp of fear
Definition
drops durastically
Term
angry temp of skin
Definition
large increase
Term
happiness vs temp
Definition
increase almost as constsitantly in temp in proportion to one another
Term
Avoidance conflict
Definition
where two goals with negative aspect approach you and you try to avoid them
Term
during the alarm stages certain things happen
Definition
-sympathetic dominance
adrenalin- is an impure form of epinephrine
during adrenalin- your muscles work more actively during the alarm stage
-with a maximum physiological response
alarm stage –funny when person on AFV falls off roof with the antenna
-overexpression- are you having a bad day
Term
2resistance stage –
Definition
when over expression stage gets uncoupled from psychology
-continued
-calm existence
drop in white blood cell count
Term
3 exhasution stage
Definition
time course to stress
failure mode
-highest probability of death
Term
Hippocrates 400bc
Definition
It is more important to know what kind of person has the disease than what disease they have
Term
TYPE A INDIVIDUAL
Definition
Competitive
Seek recognition and advancement
Alert effient
Competent

Red
Hostile
Anxious
High blood pressure
Stroke and heart attack prone
Term
Type b personality
Definition
is more energetically efficient –if a disaster happens he or she will be energetically efficient
Term
Life changes affect stress?
Definition
change isn’t good for stress-
Term
the stress measuring test taking into account
Definition
The number of times something has happened in the last months times corresponds to the # of points of the score
Term
Minor annoyances-
Definition
two types micro stressors and hassles --not appreciated by those around you- you only see them
Term
1micro stressor
Definition
-you are already carrying a lot of stress, so you hit the ground hard when a minor stress hits you
Term
2hassles-
Definition
load of inconveniences indayly life increases as you have more tasks to switch between
Term
Frustration and conflict
Definition
a real or imagined barrier that stops you from achieving a goal
Term
someday I want to be somebody-
Definition
you are putting the words “someday” and “somebody” in the way,
-don’t know what day or who you want to be, so you can’t achieve that goal
Term
Freud examined conflict-
Definition
conflict-> rationalization- basically lying to yourself- I never really liked that anyway to limit choices

by lying to self you can reduce the number of goals by saying that one doesn’t matter
Term
approach avoidance conflict-
Definition
you are drawn to a goal by positive and repelled by negative
as you are drawn to goal the positive parts seem to disappear and the negative parts seem to become more prominent
Term
learned behaviors that deal with stress
Definition
aggression, increased responding, escape and avoidance, depression stress,is acquired or learned an over response you make , because we might get what we wanting sort term when we are aggressive
Term
increased responding
Definition
heuristic that frustration tells brain to try harder repeatedly to find solution
try it 8 more times maybe it’ll work
Term
depression-
Definition
is a consequence of repeated conflict and frustration with little success
immediate consequence induces a different response –will only stop aggression
Term
chronic discomfort and illness-
Definition
discomfort tenses up the muscles discomfort because of back muscles being in a state of contraction
we describe world-pain in the neck pain in the back pain in the @$$

--Physical mechanical balance- when does it break
Term
Low stress group
Definition
have less of a panicked response to the same strain of virus that Stressed people have
Term
high stressed people vs immune system
Definition
have more of a hopeless response to disease than low stressed people do
Term
pyy
Definition
PYY decreases food intake by inhibiting gut motility. It acts as an "ileal brake" to cause a sense of satiety.
Term
primary drives
Definition
-Thurst intervening variable
-hunger
Term
thurst is controled by which part of the brain
Definition
the medula
Term
Hunger factoids
Definition
Internal vs External control
Set point-alters hunger
Endorphins
Carbohydrates
Serotonin and depression
Mood food
Stress- makes us eat more
Social factors-eat with others
Preferences and aversions
Words
Images
Connections
Algorithms
Food and fast foodis complicated social stuff
Term
what does a filling meal usually contain more of?
Definition
protein and amino acids
Term
leptin hunger hormone does?
Definition
slowly acts to repress appetite- without it you wont know how to stop eating
Leptin helps signal the brain that the body has enough energy stores such as body fat.

the more fat you have the more leptin you have in your blood
Term
Grelin hunger hormone
Definition
is correlated with the memory of food and usually is present in the blood stream 30 min before you eat
-is a learned stimulation of appetite
-comes from stomach
Term
archuate nucleus
Definition
A collection of neurons (nerve cells) in the hypothalamus of the brain
involved with grelin leptin and pyy
Term
hunger effectss
Definition
glucose, lipds, amino acids
Term
fructose is invisble to body because
Definition
brain an't read it directly while it is in the liver
Term
motivation
Definition
factors that enerize direct or sustain behaviors
Term
when you experience sensory deporvation
Definition
helucinate because brain needs to fill in for missing experience
Term
opponent process theory
Definition
attempt to seek a balence between the + and - aspects
if you are hungry you let the cost make you feel like it's not worth being hungry meaning that you elimate the conflict
Term
intervening variable
Definition
hunger intervenes psychologically
Term
order of priority
Definition
need a strong base to move up in ablity
take intro of psych before the 300 level research methods class
Term
GABA
Definition
neurotransmitter that helps one calm down
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