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Psy100-OSU-Emo./Motv
Psychology 100 @ OSU - Emotion / Motivation p445-450 , 453-462, 469-481
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| discrete emotions theory | theory that humans experience a small number of distinct emotions |
| primary emotions (definition) | small number of emotions believed by some theorists to be cross culturally universal |
| primary emotions (list) | happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, contempt. |
| motivation-structural rules | deep-seated similarities in communication across most animal species |
| display rules | cross cultural guidelines for how and when to express emotions |
| cognitive theories of emotion | theory proposing that emotions are products of thinking |
| mere exposure effect | phenomenon in which repeated exposure to a stimulus makes us more likely to feel favorably toward it |
| facial feedback hypothesis | theory that blood vessels in the face feed back temperature information in the brain, altering our experience of emotions |
| nonverbal leakage | unconscious spillover of emotions into nonverbal behavior |
| proxemics | study of personal space |
| Pinocchio response | supposedly perfect physiological or behavioral indicator of lying |
| guilty knowledge test | alternative to polygraph test that relies on the premise that criminals harbor concealed knowledge about the crime that innocent people don't |
| integrity tests | questionnaires that presumably asses workers' tendency to steal or cheat |
| motivation | psychological drives that propel us in a specific direction |
| drive reduction theory | theory proposing that certain drives, like hunger, thirst, and sexual frustration motivate us to act in ways that minimize aversive states |
| homeostasis | equilibrium |
| Yerkes-Dodson law | inverted u-shaped relation between arousal on the one hand, and affect on the other |
| incentive theories | theories proposing that we're often motivated by positive goals |
| hierarchy of needs | model, developed by Abraham Maslow, prpopsing that we must satisfy psychological needs and needs for safety and security before progressing to more complex needs |
| glucostatic theory | theory that when our blood glucose levels drop, hunger creates a drive to eat to restore the proper level of glucose |
| leptin | hormone that signals the hypothalamus and brain stem to reduce appetite and increase the amount of energy used |
| set point | value that establishes a range of body and muscle mass we tend to maintain |
| internal-external theory | theory holding that obese people are motivated to eat more by external cues than internal ones |
| desire phase | phase in human sexual response triggered by whatever prompts sexual interest |
| excitement phase | phase in human sexual response in which people experience sexual pleasure and notice physiological changes changes associated with it |
| orgasm (climax) phase | phase in human sexual response marked by involuntary rhythmic contractions in the muscles of the genitalia in both men and women |
| resolution phase | phase in human sexual response following orgasm, in which people report relaxation and a sense of well-being |
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