NAME: Jessica Nguyen

UNIT: Motivation | Emotion

DUE: 2015 April 24th
TERM

DEFINITION

APPLICATION OF
TERM/SIGNIFICANCE (IN YOUR
OWN WORDS AND IN A SENTENCE)

Motivation

The psychological
feature that arouses an
organism to action
toward a desired goal.

Being motivated to work out after

seeing workout videos.

Instinct

A complex behavior
that is rigidly patterned
throughout a species
and is unlearned.

Flinching when something is being

thrown at you out of nowhere.

DriveReduction
Theory

The idea that a

physiological need
creates an aroused
tension state (a drive)
that motivates an
organism to satisfy the
need.

Being hungry motivates us to eat.

Homeostasi
s

Metabolic equilibrium
actively maintained by
several complex
biological mechanisms
that operate via the
autonomic nervous
system to offset
disrupting changes.

Wanting to maintain balance within

ourselves.

Hierarchy of
Needs

Maslow's pyramid of
human needs,
beginning at the base
with physiological
needs that must be
satisfied before higher
level.

Levels to achieve our full potential.

Set Point

The point at which an

individual's "weight
thermostat" is

When the body falls below this weight,

hunger can increase and metabolic
rate can lower as an act to restore the

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lost weight.

Anorexia
Nervosa

A psychological
disorder characterized
by somatic delusions
that you are too fat
despite being
emaciated.

Some wrestlers can get this disorder

from having to keep their weight low,
and starving themselves.

Bulimia

An eating disorder
characterized by
episodes of overeating,
usually of high-calorie
foods, followed by
vomiting, laxative use,
fasting, or excessive
exercise.

People with this disorder see

themselves as too big, and are not
satisfied with their weight, but are
tempted by food.

Sexual
Response
Cycle

The four stages of

sexual responding
described by Matsters
and Johnsonexcitement, plateau,
orgasm, and resolution.

Refractory
Period

Resting time; occurs in

both neuron firing and
in human sexual
response.

Only in men, after the orgasm.

Sexual
Disorder

The inability of a
person to experience
sexual arousal or to
achieve sexual
satisfaction under
appropriate
circumstances, as a
result of either physical
disorder or, more
commonly,
psychological
problems.

Not being able to enjoy sex.

Estrogen

Stimulates uterine
lining growth;
development and
maintenance of female
secondary sex
characteristics.

Mostly in women.

Testosteron
e

Stimulates the growth

of the male sex organs
in the fetus and the
development of the
male sex
characteristics during
puberty.

Mostly in men.

Sexual
orientation

An enduring sexual
attraction toward
members of either
one's own sex or other
sex.

Being classified as a heterosexual

because youre a boy that likes girls
only.

JamesLange
Theory

The theory that our

experience of emotion
is our awareness of our
physiological responses
to emotion-arousing
stimuli.

When youre mad, you cry.

CannonBard Theory

The theory that an

emotion-arousing
stimulus
simultaneously triggers
(1) physiological
responses and (2) the
subjective experience
of emotion

Mad = Cry.

Two-factor
Theory

Schachter's theory that

to experience emotion
one must (1) be
physically aroused and
(2) cognitively label the
arousal.

See a snake Yell Realize it

Become scared.

Polygraph

A machine, commonly
used in attempts to

Usually used during court trials.

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measures several of
the physiological
responses
accompanying emotion.
Facial
Feedback

Theory of emotion that If you smile a lot, you will actually feel
assumes that facial
happier.
expressions provide
feedback to the brain
concerning the emotion
being experienced
which in turn causes
and intensifies emotion.

Catharsis

Purging of emotional
tensions.

Playing hockey to release anger.

Feel-Good
Do-Good
Phenomeno
n

People's tendency to be
helpful when already in
a good mood.

When youre already in a good mood,

and you buy food for your hungry
friend.

AdaptationLevel
Phenomeno
n

Our tendency to form

Not eating Subway because the first
judgements relative to
time you tried it, you barfed.
a neutral level defined
by our prior experience.

Relative
Deprivation

The perception that one A girl thinking she is ugly compared to

is worse off relative to
all her friends.
those with whom one
compares oneself.