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Final Review - Ch. 8, Motivation and Emotion
Essentials for Understanding Psychology, Feldman
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/20/2013

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Term
Homeostasis
Definition
body's tendency to maintain a steady internal state

Think house thermostat: regulating the temperature in a house
Term
Motivation

* Different Approaches *
Definition
Instinct

Drive Reduction

Arousal

Incentive

Cognitive

Maslow's Hierachy of Needs pg287
Term
Eating and Hunger

* Key Point *
Definition
influenced by both biological and social factors
Term
Sexual Orientation

* Determinants *
Definition
Unable to pinpoint, these are explanation that have been proposed:
- biological: hormones; brain structure
- child-rearing practices or family dynamics
- learning theory (positive/negative reinforcement with life experiences, suggesting that homosexuality may be learned from others
Term
Sexual Orientation

* Relationship to Psychological Adjustment *
Definition
There is NO relationship between sexual orientation and psychological adjustment.
Term
High Need for Achievement

* Key Point *
Definition
They prefer tasks of MODERATE difficulty.
Term
Classic Theories of Emotion (3)

* James-Lange *
Definition
emotional experience is a reaction to bodily events occurring as a result of an external situation

Ex: I feel sad because I'm crying.
Term
Classic Theories of Emotion (3)

* Cannon-Bard *
Definition
both physiological arousal and emotion experience are produced simultaneously by the same nerve stimulus from the thalamus in the brain
Term
Classic Theories of Emotion (3)
* Schachter-Singer *
Definition
emotions are determined jointly by a nonspecific kind of physiological arousal and its interpretation based on environmental cues
Term
Basic Neuroscience of Emotional Experience

* Visual Cortex, Amygdala, Hippocampus *
Definition
Cerebral/Visual Cortex - perception of an emotion producing stimulus

Amygdala - link beween perception of emotion-producing stimulus and later recall. It is involved with the Hippocampus in more repaid, "reflex" responses rather then more thought out responses requiring more time in the Hippocampus. It still involves the Hippocampus.

Hippocampus - evaluates a slower more thoughtful response to send back to Amygdala
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