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Psych Unit 9 Vocab

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Term
Definition
Instincts   show
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show When physiological needs increase, so do our drives to reduce them  
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Optimum arousal theory   show
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Yerkes-Dodson law   show
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show Autonomy, competence, relatedness underline growth and development  
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show The need for new sensations and the willingness to take risks for them  
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show Individuals are motivated to resolve conflicts  
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show Deciding between two appealing choices  
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Approach-avoidance conflict   show
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show Deciding between two objectionable choices  
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show Doing an activity for its inherent satisfaction  
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Extrinsic motivation   show
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Set point   show
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show "I'm hungry" hormone secreted by empty stomach  
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show Secreted by fat cells, increases metabolism and decreases hunger  
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Hormones   show
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show Controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst  
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show Makes hormones, controls other glands and therefore some functions of the body  
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show Performance improves in the pressure of others  
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Affiliation need   show
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Ostracism   show
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Emotion   show
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show Our experience of emotions is our awareness of our physiological response to our emotion-arousing stimulus  
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Cannon-Bard theory (AP: simultaneously)   show
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Broaden-and-build theory   show
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show Emotion requires physical arousal and cognitive appraisal  
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show Facial muscle states trigger corresponding feelings  
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Universal emotions   show
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Emotional display rules   show
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Catharsis   show
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show The tendency to be helpful when in a good mood  
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Positive psychology   show
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show The perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself  
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show The process of appraising and responding to a threatening or challenging event  
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Eustress   show
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Distress   show
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show The body's adaptive response to stress in three phases: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion  
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Tend and befriend theory   show
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Fight-flight-freeze response   show
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show Provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine  
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show A weakened immune system caused by stress  
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show Potentially traumatic childhood events  
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show High blood pressure  
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Coping   show
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show Attempting to alleviate stress directly  
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show Attempting to alleviate stress by attending to emotional needs  
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Learned helplessness   show
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External locus of control   show
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show Believing one is in control of their actions  
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show A reflective practice in which people attend to current experiences in a nonjudgemental and accepting matter  
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