AP Psych Unit 8

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

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

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

maslow's pyramid of human needs

the form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the major source of energy for body tissues. When its level is low

the point at which an individual's "weight thermostat" is supposedly set. When the body falls below this weight

the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state

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

an eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating

an eating disorder in whcih a person repeatedly eats large amounts of food at one time

the four stages of sexual responding described by Matsters and Johnson-excitement

resting time; occurs in both neuron firing and in human sexual response

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

the most important of the male sex hormones. Both males and females have it

an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation)

a response of the whole organism

the theory that our experience of emotion is our awareness of our physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli

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

Schachter's theory that to experience emotion one must (1) be physically aroused and (2) cognitively label the arousal

a machine

theory of emotion that assumes that facial expressions provide feedback to the brain concerning the emotion being experienced which in turn causes and intensifies emotion

purging of emotional tensions

do good

a positive state that includes striving for optimal health

our tendency to form judgements relative to a neutral level defined by our prior experience

the perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself

an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine

a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm

the clogging of the vessels that nourish the heart muscle; the leading cause of death in many developed countries

Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive

Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing

Literally

the study of how psycho

The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's immune system

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

Florida State UniversitySelf

1871-1945; Field: motivation; Contributions: believed that gastric activity as in empty stomach

English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)

humanistic psychology; hierarchy of needs-needs at a lower level dominate an individual's motivation as long as they are unsatisfied; self-actualization

was an American gynecologist

inflated a balloon in his stomach

studied happiness; he saw it as a variable

emotion; found that facial expressions are universal

founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment

developed the cognitive-medical theory of emotions

psychologist who believed that some of our emotional reactions involve no deliberate thinking and cognition is not always necessary for emotion

social psychology; focus on nonverbal communication

emotion; stated that in order to experience emotions

flight or fight developed into general adaptation syndrome (Walter Cannon)

motivation; believes that we invent explanations to label feelings