Chapter 9 Psy 101

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Goals

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Desired outcomes that have not yet occurred.

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Unconscious Motivation

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Motivation for our external behaviors is hidden deep in our psyche.

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Motivation

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Why people behave the way they do.

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Primary Drives

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Drives directly linked to survival.

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Secondary Drives

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Learned drives that are social in nature.

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Homeostasis

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Keeping things on an even keel.

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Internal Factors of Hunger

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Biological.

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External Factors of Hunger

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Environmental.

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Obesity

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Being at least 15 to 20 percent over ideal body weight.

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Set Point

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The weight of which our bodies may be genetically programmed to maintain.

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Reproduction

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The study of sexuality and sexual processes from the biological side.

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Human Sexuality

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Primarily a psychological process that may or may not have biological consequences.

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Vasocongestion

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The redirection of blood flow within the body.

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Myotonia

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An increase in overall specific muscular tension in the body.

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Refractory Period

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Time after climax before another full erection is possible.

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Social Motives

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Motives influenced by and learned through social and cultural factors.

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Achievement Motive

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Desire to reach socially defined standards, to avoid failure, and to acquire master over our environment through competence and skill-building.

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Power Motive

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The need to influence or control other people or groups.

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Affiliation Motive

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The need to be with and interact with other people.

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Emotion

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A subjective experience accompanied by physiological changes that direct behavior.

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Primary Emotions

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Acceptance, anger, anticipation, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise.

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Secondary Emotions

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Mixture or blend of the primary emotions.

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Universality of Emotions

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Emotions are universal if they are shared by all humans, past ad present, regardless of culture or experience.

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Display Rules

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Socially acceptable facial expressions that are learned during childhood.

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James-Lange Theory of Emotion

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Stimuli in the environment cause physiological changes, which lead to behavior, which leads to emotion.

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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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Processing of emotions and physiological responses occurs simultaneously.

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Cognitive Appraisal Theory of Emotion

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The joint effort of physiological reactions and what we think leads to emotion.

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Nonverbal Communicaton

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Behaviors that convey information about internal states.

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Paralanguage

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Information conveyed by speaking, less the semantic meaning of the words.

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Kinesics

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All discernible body movements and gestures, except facial expression and eye movement.

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Emphasis Gestures

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Supplement verbal messages and are usually directed away from the body.

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Emblem

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A gesture that takes the place of a word.

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Comfort Gestures

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Usually indicate emotional state and are directed toward the body.

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Proxemics

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How people structure, use, and are affected by space and spatial considerations in their interactions with others.

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Touching

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The most proximal of behaviors.

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Facial Expressions

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Most important channel for nonverbal behavior.

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Visual Behavior

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An important variable in social encounters; visual interaction signals involvement with one another.