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Overjustification effect
________: when extrinsic motivations ruin the pure enjoyment of an activity.
Testosterone
________: Both females and males have it, but greater in males.
Hypothalamus
________ is biologically involved in regulating our hunger- makes us feel hungry & full.
Drives
________: impulse to act in a way that satisfies a need.
metabolic rate
Causes the brain to increase ________ and decrease hunger.
Body
________ seeks homeostasis: a balanced state where our needs are being met.
Exhaustion
________: bodys resources start to be depleted, immune system breaks down.
Catharsis
________: positive release of negative energy; venting.
B
Type ________: people who tend to be more easy going, relaxed, and experience less stress /anxiety.
Incentive Theory
________: You do a behavior to get the bonus /reward.
Culture
________: we typically prefer foods that are most familiar to us (connected to mere exposure effect)
perfect weight
Set point- bodys ________ based on our gender, build, and metabolic rate.
Oedipus complex
________: during the Phallic stage.
Theory X
________: Believe their employees are extrinsically motivated; they micromanage.
Resistance
________: body stays on high alert.
Ventromedial Hypothalamus
________: sends single of satiety.
Garcia Effect
________: learned taste aversions (classical conditioning) will make us not want certain foods even if we are hungry.
Achievement Motivation
________: desire for significant accomplishment, mastery of skill, attainment of high standard.
Excitement
________: genitals engorge with blood, increase heart rate.
high achieving
Type A: people that have a competitive, driven, impatient, ________, often high stress personality.
Estrogen
________: sex hormone secreted in greater amounts in females.
Extrinsic motivation
________: You do things for external reasons; outside rewards.
Feel good Do good Phenomenon
________: more likely to help someone when we feel good.
Ultimate goal
________= self actualization: reaching ones ultimate potential.
Drive Reduction Theory
________: behavior is motivated by biological needs.
Arousal Theory
________: when people seek an optimal level of excitement or arousal.
Yerkes Dodson Law of Arousal
________: Optimal level is middle ground- neither too bored or too stressed.
Drive Reduction Theory
behavior is motivated by biological needs
Needs
required for survival
Drives
impulse to act in a way that satisfies a need
Body seeks homeostasis
a balanced state where our needs are being met
Arousal Theory
when people seek an optimal level of excitement or arousal
Incentive Theory
You do a behavior to get the bonus/reward
Ultimate goal = self actualization
reaching ones ultimate potential
Excitement
genitals engorge with blood, increase heart rate
)Plateau
heart rate and breathing continue to increase
Orgasm
genital contractions, ejaculation
Resolution/refractory period
body returns to unaroused, normal state
Testosterone
Both females and males have it, but greater in males
Estrogen
sex hormone secreted in greater amounts in females
hypothalamus is biologically involved in regulating our hunger
makes us feel hungry & full
Lateral Hypothalamus
send signal to_eat_
Ventromedial Hypothalamus
sends single of satiety
Set point
bodys perfect weight based on our gender, build, and metabolic rate
Internal eaters
They are more likely to eat when they are truly biologically hungry
External eaters
eat based on external food cues
Garcia Effect
learned taste aversions (classical conditioning) will make us not want certain foods even if we are hungry
Culture
we typically prefer foods that are most familiar to us (connected to mere exposure effect)
Achievement Motivation
desire for significant accomplishment, mastery of skill, attainment of high standard
Intrinsic motivation
You do things for yourself; you enjoy it, it is rewarding
Extrinsic motivation
You do things for external reasons; outside rewards
Overjustification effect
when extrinsic motivations ruin the pure enjoyment of an activity
Theory Y
Believe their employees are intrinsically motivated; hands off style
Opponent Process Theory of Emotion
idea that the emotion that precedes an event is the opposite of the one that comes after it
Catharsis
positive release of negative energy; venting
Relative Deprivation Theory
Our own happiness is relative to who we are comparing ourselves to
SRRS
Social Readjustment Rating Scale
Hans Selye
General Adaptation Syndrome
Alarm reaction
heart rate zooms, sympathetic NS kicks in
Resistance
body stays on high alert
Exhaustion
bodys resources start to be depleted, immune system breaks down
Type A
people that have a competitive, driven, impatient, high achieving, often high stress personality
Type B
people who tend to be more easy going, relaxed, and experience less stress/anxiety
Oedipus complex
during the Phallic stage
Projection
projection of the uncon to the con level (dream inter, TAT, ink blot, free association hypnosis)
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