pUnit 7: Motivation, Emotion, Personalit

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Freudian defense mechanisms
unconscious strategies used to reduce internal conflict
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catharsis
emotional release, release aggressive energy to relieve aggressive urges
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adaptation-level phenomenon
tendency to form judgement based on neutral level
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relative deprivation
perception of one situtation based on other's situation
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What are the 6 universal emotions?
happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise, disgust
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What was the Schachter-Singer’s experiment?
injected norepinephrine and used a confederate to illicit certain emotions
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What was Henry Harlow‘s experiment?
had a baby monkey with a wire food mama and comfort mama; proved physical touch created connection
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Yerkes-Dodson Law graph
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What are the 3 parts of personality according to Freud?
id, ego, and superego
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id part of Freudian personality
primitive, untamed desires
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ego part of Freudian personality
reason, logic, and safety
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superego part of Freudian personality
morality
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What influences the three parts of Freudian personality?
parents and society
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According to Freudian personality, what causes stress?
the ego mediating between the id and superego
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What purpose do defense mechanisms serve of Freudian personality?
to protect and lessen the stress on the ego
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What are the 9 defense mechanisms in Freudian personality?
repression, regressions, reaction formation, rationalization, displacement, denial, projection, intellectualization, sublimation
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repression
unconscious forgetting
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regression
returning to earlier, comforting behavior
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reaction formation
expressing opposite emotion
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rationalization
making excuses
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displacement
redirecting feelings towards something/one other than target
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denial
refusal to believe idea
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projection
putting your feelings on someone else
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intellectualization
obtaining knowledge about something to have sense of control
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sublimation
channeling feelings towards a socially acceptable goal
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feel good, do good phenomenon
when feeling good, more likely to do good
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stressors
causes of stress
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stress reactions
how we react to changes in environment
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Who designed one of the first instruments to measure stress?
Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe
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general adaptation symdrome (GAS)
general response of people and animals to a stressful event
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Who came up with GAS?
Hans Seyle
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What are the 3 stages of GAS? (General adaptation syndrome)
Alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion
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How are we more likely to get sick according to Seyle's GAS?
Prolonged stay in resistance phase uses up the body's resources, so when in exhaustion stage, there are less resources the body could use to protect itself with
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How is perceived control related to stress?
Less perceived control leads to more stress
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drive-reduction theory
when a drive is caused by need, we try to fulfill that drive and reduce it so the body maintains homeostasis
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primary drives
biological needs
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secondary drives
learned needs (ex. money)
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arousal theory
we seek an optimum level of excitement/arousal
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Yerkes-Dodson law
moderate arousal leads to optimum performance
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Incentive theory
reward = more motivated to do, punishment = less motivated to do
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opponent-process theory
people are normally at a baseline state, but going out of that baseline leads to feeling an opponent process trying to return them to baseline. When person experiences withdrawal while trying to return to baseline, the baseline changes
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What is another name for Schachter-Singer theory of emotion?
cognitive theory of emotion
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
physiological, safety, belongingness, self-esteem, self-actualization
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What does the lateral hypothalamus do?
make you feel hungry
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What happens if the lateral hypothalamus is destroyed?
you'll never feel hungry
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What does the ventromedial hypothalamus do?
make you feel full
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What happens when you destroy the ventromedial hypothalamus?
you'll never stop eating because you'll never feel full
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set-point theory
hypothalamus tries to maintain it's set body weight by influencing the basal metabolic rate
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basal metabolic rate
how quickly the body uses energy
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Garcia effect
learned taste adversion
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bulimia
eating disorder where you binge-eat and purge
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anorexia nervosa
self-starvation, underweight
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What are the 4 steps in the sexual response cycle?
1. initial excitement, 2. plateau, 3. orgasm, 4. resolution
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Who documented the sexual response cycle?
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
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Which sex has a refractory period during sex?
males
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neophobia
fear of new foods
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What is the primary sex hormone in females?
estrogen
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What is the primary sex hormone in males?
testosterone
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social motivation
being motivated by societal standards
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acheivement motivation
motivated by desire to master skills and knowledge and reach personal goals
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extrinsic motivation
motivated by outside rewards
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intrinsic motivation
motivated by feelings of enjoyment and satisfaction
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What is the most significant sexual organ?
brain
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sexual orientation
sexual preference
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What is the evolutionary explanation for the need for social bonds?
stronger together than alone
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Which (intrinsic or extrinsic) is better for long-term motivation?
intrinsic
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Which (intrinsic or extrinsic) is better for short-term motivation?
extrinsic
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What are 'theory x' managers?
employees only work for rewards and to avoid punishment
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What are 'theory y' managers?
employees are intrinsically motivated to work and set policies to encourage this
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approach-approach motivation conflict
both choices seem good
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avoidance-avoidance motivation conflict
both choices seem bad
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approach-avoidance motivation conflict
one choice seems good, other choice seems bad
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multiple-approach motivation conflict
both choices have good and bad
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What is a psychological source of hunger?
memory
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What are physiological sources of hunger?
stomach contractions and hypothalamus
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What is the relationship between glucose and hunger?
inverse
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Which type of 'theory __' manager is better for long-term?
theory y
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James-Lange theory of emotion
stim -> biological reaction caused by stress ->emotion
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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
stim -> biological reaction AND emotion
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two-factor theory of emotion
stim -> bio reaction -> cognitive interpretation -> emotion
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Who came up with the two-factor theory of emotion?
Stanley Schachter
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Are nonverbal expressions of emotion universal?
yes
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personality
unique attitudes, behaviors, and emotions of a person
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Type A personality
competitive, easily angered, feel pressured, work hard, play hard
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Type B personality
relaxed, easy going
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Which personality type is more likely to have heart diease? (Type A or B)
Type A
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Freud's 5 psychosexual stages of personality
oral, anal, phallic, latency, gential
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Oedipus crisis
boys sexually desire mother and view father as rival
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Electra crisis
girls sexually desire father and view mother as rival
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stage theories
believe development has stages and is discontinuous
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penis envy
girls wanting to have a penis
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castration anxiety
boys fearing castration if they misbehave
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identification defense mechanism
emulate and attachment to the threatening individual
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latency
when repressing sexual thoughts due to school and other issues (6 yr - puberty)
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What is the age for oral stage?
birth to 1
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What is the age for anal stage?
1 to 3
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What is the age for phallic stage?
3 to 5
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What is the age for genital stage?
puberty to death
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oral fixation
fixation on oral related things such as chewing gum and overeating
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anal explusive personality
messy and disorganized
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anal retentive personality
neat, hyperorganized, and compulsive
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eros instinct
life instinct
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Thanatos instinct
death instinct
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What principle motivates the id?
pleasure principle
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What principle motivates the ego?
reality principle
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reality principle of the ego
ego is responsible for negotiating between the desires of the id and the environment
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womb envy
men jealous of women being able to carry children
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What is another name for psychodynamic?
Neo-Freudian
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personal unconcious
contains painful memories and thoughts the person does not want to confront
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collective unconcious
archetypes/ universal concepts the collective shares as a species
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Horney is associated with theories about...
anxiety
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Alder is associated with theories about...
inferiority
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persona
public image
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anima
the feminine side of males
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animus
the masculine side of females
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What are the two archetypes according to Jung?
anima and animus
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individuation
journey of the soul to form independent personality
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synchronisity
fate
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Big Five personality traits
extraversion, agreeableness, concientiousness, openess, neuroticism
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Who developed the Big Five personality traits?
Costa and McCrae
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agreeableness
how easy it is to get along with someone
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concientiousness
high levels means organized and hardworking
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openess
curiousity and willingness to try new things
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neuroticism
emotional stability
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factor analysis
analyzing multiple factors to find the main factors
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idiographic theorists
believe that it's impossible to classify everyone with the same basic traits, they need a few specific traits
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Allposrt's (3) dispositions
cardinal, central, and secondary
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cardinal disposition
one trait that plays a pivotal role in everything
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central disposition
influence personality
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What is the main criticism of trait theories?
They fail to take into account the situation in which the personality manifests
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Do genes play a role in a person's temperament?
yes
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Who was the first to recognize how biology affects personality?
Hippocrates (4 humors)
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Sheldon's somatotype theory
ecto iis shy, meso is condiden and assertive, and endo is friendly and outgoing
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B. F. Skinner's view of personality
reward and punishment shapes personality
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reciprocal determinism
personality is created by interaction between the traits, environment, and behavior
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What is another name for reciprocal determinism?
triadic reciprocality
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Who came up with reciprocal determinism?
Bandura
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self-efficacy
self-assurance
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personal-construct theory of personality
personality is based on how people view the world
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Who came up with personal-construct theory?
Kelly
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fundamental postulate
behavior is influenced by cognition
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locus of control 
belief that ___ controls their life
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internal locus of control
belief that you control your life and responsible for events that happen to you
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external locus of control
belief that luck and forces outside of their control are responsible for events in life
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determinism
the past dictates the present
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