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| An internal drive or need for achievement that is possessed by all individuals to varying degree |
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| “fight or flight” response, body is energized |
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| An eating disorder diagnosed when an otherwise healthy person refuses to maintain a normal weight level because of an intense fear of being overweight |
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| happiness, surprise, fear, sadness, anger, disgust/ contempt |
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| An eating disorder in which the principal symptom is binge eating followed by purging, in which the person voluntarily vomits or uses laxatives to prevent weight gain |
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| A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion created by long-term involvement in an emotionally demanding situation |
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| Theory of emotion that argues that body reactions and subjective experiences occur together, but independently |
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The idea that to feel stress you need to perceive a threat and come to the conclusion that you may not have adequate resources to deal with the threat
ex: everyone gets the same test but doesn’t feel the same threat |
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| When we recall that its our interpretation of events, not the events themselves that cause stress |
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| A psychological state that arises in response to an internal physiological need, such as hunger or thirst. |
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| Psychological events involving (1) a psychological reaction, usually arousal; (2) some kind of expressive reaction; (3) some kind of subjective experience, such as the conscious feeling of being happy or sad |
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| Characterized by changes in muscle tension, increased heart rate and blood pressure, and rushing of blood into the genital organs |
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| energy resources depleted body starts to give up |
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| Facial feedback hypothesis |
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| Proposal that muscles in the face deliver signals to the brain that are then interpreted, depending on the pattern as a subjective emotional state. ex: smiling alters amount of air that goes into your nose; these changes can affect the temperature of the brain which might affect mood |
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| Four phases of sexual arousal? |
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| Excitement, Plateau, Orgasmic, and Resolution |
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| General Adaptation Syndromee |
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| Hans Selyes model of stress as a general, nonspecific reaction that occurs in 3 phases: alarm, resistance, exhaustion |
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| Introduced the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) by testing on rats |
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| Health risks of Bulimia nervosa |
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| Damage to intestines, tooth decay |
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| Health risks of anorexia nervosa |
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| Health risks include slowing of menstruation, low blood pressure, loss of bone density, gastrointestinal problems, and even death |
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| The process through which the body maintains a steady state, such as a constant internal temperature or adequate amount of fluids |
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| Created the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, which showed that most life events are connected with a change in day-to-day activities and that some of the events are actually positive |
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| They are drives: a psychological state that arises in response to an internal |
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| External factors in the environment that exert pulling effects on our actions |
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| Unlearned characteristic patterns of responding that are controlled by specific triggering stimuli in the world |
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| A hormone released by the pancreas that helps pump nutrients in the blood into the cells, where they can be stored as fat or metabolized into needed energy |
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| Goal-directed behavior that seems to be entirely self-motivated |
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| James-Lange theory of emotions |
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| Theory of emotion that argues that body reactions precede and drive the subjective experience of emotions |
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| Conducted the first major survey of human sexual behavior which showed a wide variation in human sex habits |
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| Levels of hierarchy of needs |
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| Self-actualization needs, esteem needs, belongingness and love needs, safety needs, physiological needs |
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| Maslow's hierarchy of needs |
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| The idea popularized by Maslow that human needs are prioritized in a hierarchy. |
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| Master and Johnson did what |
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| Studied human sexual response and created the sexual response cycle |
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| Men are more attracted to women who are younger, and they want more variety among sexual partners. Men put more importance on physical attractiveness than women |
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| Rhythmic contractions in the sex organs; in men, ejaculation occurs; in both men and women, there is a subjective experience of pleasure, which is similar in both sexes |
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| Arousal continues to increase but at a slower rate, toward a preorgasm maximum point |
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| educate public to reduce the problem before it starts, and its the greatest greatest value |
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| In men where stimulation fails to produce visible signs of arousal after sex |
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| body adjusts to continuing threat |
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| Arousal returns to normal levels, men experience a refractory period |
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| Role of testosterone in men and women? |
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| Affects male and female sexual desire. In men, testosterone levels are reduced sharply when the testes are removed, causing a decline in sexual desire. In women, testosterone levels are reduced after menopause when hormones decline. |
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| Early identification of risk factors in specific population groups, such as checking for HIV in drug users |
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| A natural body weight, perhaps produced by genetic factors, that the body seeks to maintain |
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| Sexual motivation in humans? |
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| Unlike animals who are motivated from hormones, we base our sexual motivation mostly from our own control, also motivated from testosterone levels, touch and smell |
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| Subjective experience of emotions? |
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| Internal thoughts or feelings |
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| Seeks to contain an illness once it has been acquired |
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| Two-factor theory of emotion |
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| Theory of emotion that argues that the cognitive interpretation, or appraisal, of a body reaction drives the subjective experience of emotion, also its how you interpret the arousal that determines your subjective emotion |
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| An enduring pattern of behavior linked to stress- related health disorders; it is characterized by being hard driving, ambitious, easily annoyed, and impatient |
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| People who lack Type A traits- put themselves under less pressure and appear more relaxed |
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| Ventromedial hypothalamus |
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| Causes us to stop eating when stimulated. If this area is destroyed, we will eat and gain more and more weight unless we are deprived of food |
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| Women put much more importance on the mate’s financial prospects than men do. |
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