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| Biological need creates an unpleasant state of emotional arousal that compels the organism to engage in behavior that will reduce the arousal level. |
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| Aim of motivation is to maintain optimal level of arousal. |
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| Pleasure; enjoying the activity, etc. |
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| To avoid a consequence or undesired response. |
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| Lowest unmet needs motivate organisms. |
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| Performance is best when arousal is appropriate to the difficulty of the task. |
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| Masters and Johnson Theory |
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| Sexual motivation consists of four stages: excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution. |
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| Behavioral inhibition/approach scale; what motivates you. |
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| Social Readjustment Rating Scale; measures impact of life events. |
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| Stress results from a person's perception of stress and actual stressors. |
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| Seyle's 3 Phases of Stress Response |
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| Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. |
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| We have the tendency to give casual explanations for someone's behavior. |
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| Individual becomes more aware of emotions based on a physiological response; ex. fear from trembling. |
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| Emotion-provoking stimulus to the Cerebral Cortex, providing mental experience of the emotion to the sympathetic nervous system causing physiological arousal. |
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| Two factor theory: emotion to occur, must be 1. physiological arousal and 2. an explanation for it. |
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| Cognitive appraisal is the first step in an emotional response. |
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| Distinct neural circuits underlie each of the basic emotions. |
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| Emotion as "families;" ex. anger ranging from _____ to _____; claim subtle distinctions in the facial expressions convey intensity. |
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| Emotion and culture differences in how elicited/regulated. |
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| People can exert control to maintain positive emotional states; Positive Psychology. Optimism/pessimism. |
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