Motivation And Emotion

Homeostasis

A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state

Ventromedial hypothalamus

Decreases hunger

Lateral hypothalamus

Increases hunger

Set point

Refers to the tendency of the body to maintain a certain level of body fat and body weight.

Basal metabolic rate

The body's resting rate of energy expenditure

Incentive theory of motivation

states that incentives and rewards are the driving forces behind people's choices and behaviors

Emotion

A multifaceted experience that is connected to thought, physiology, and behavior.

Stress

The reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands

Amygdala

A limbic system structure involved in memory and emotion, particularly fear and aggression.

Evolutionary psychology

focused on survival of the species

Polygraph

A device that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion.

Autonomic arousal

Increase of biological responses such as heart rate and respiration

Drive

an internal aroused condition that directs an organism to satisfy a physiological need

Resistance stage of stress

Plateau when individual is coping with stress

Alarm stage of stress

Individual mobilizes it's resources to deal with stress factors

Exhaustion stage of stress

Individual has no more resources to cope with stress

Schachter Singer

Emotion depends on individual's interpretation of the context

Facial feedback theory

The effect of facial expressions on experienced emotions

Hypothalamus

limbic system component that regulates hunger, body temperature and other functions

James-lange

stimulus - arousal - emotion

Cannon bard theory

arousal and emotion occur simultaneously

Parasympathetic nervous system

the division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy

Catharsis hypothesis

releasing aggressive energy relieves aggressive urges

Instinct

a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned

Insulin

Lowers blood glucose levels

Motivation

the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.

Maslow

Humanist psychologist who developed a pyramid representing heirarchy of human needs.

Washburn study

Measured stomach contractions and correlation to hunger

Glucose

A simple sugar that is an important source of energy.

Masters and Johnson

studied physiological responses of sexual intercourse

Estrogen

Female sex hormone

Testosterone

Male sex hormone

Alfred Kinsey

Controversial Indiana University "sexologist" who documented Americans' changing sexual behavior

Kinsey scale

measures the spectrum of sexual orientation

Embodied emotion

Changes in sympathetic and sympathetic nervous system related to emotion

Expressed emotion

Nonverbal cues of emotion

Selye's general adaptation syndrome

people's response to various stressors is similar

approach-avoidance conflict

conflict occurring when a person must choose or not choose a goal that has both positive and negative aspects

avoidance-avoidance conflict

Conflict that results from having to choose between two distasteful alternatives

approach-approach conflict

Conflict that results from having to choose between two attractive alternatives