Unit 7 AP Psych

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)