48 Psychology: Arousal, Self-Regulation, and Emotional Forecasting

A set of flashcards focused on key concepts related to arousal, self-regulation, emotional forecasting, and psychological theories from the lecture notes.

Optimum Arousal

Performance is best under conditions of moderate arousal.

Social Facilitation

Arousal strengthens your dominant response.

Dominant Response

A well-practiced response that benefits from increased arousal, leading to better performance.

Nondominant Response

A not well-practiced response that suffers from increased arousal, leading to worse performance.

Self-Regulation

A set of processes for guiding one's thoughts, feelings, and behavior to reach desired goals.

Affective Forecasting

The process of predicting one's emotional reactions to potential future events.

Construal Level Theory

The theory that people think more concretely about the near future and more abstractly about the distant future.

Action Identification Theory

A theory explaining how individuals conceptualize their actions and assign meaning to them.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

A motivational theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human needs, depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid.