Which theory gets its basis from theories such as William James's theory of functionalism and Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, stating that our early instincts guide our behavior?
Evolutionary/Instinct Theory
100
Which type of goal is focused on the outcome or accomplishment rather than the process of improving one's skills in a task?
Performance goal
100
Name the 6 basic emotions
Happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, surprise, and fear
100
What is the name of the concept that states that people who experience more hostility and more prone to interpreting ambiguous behavior as anger?
Trait anger
100
Name two parts of the limbic system that are activated with emotional experiences.
Amygdala, Hippocampus, or Basal Ganglia
200
Which theory relies on the fact that motivation comes from the need for goal achievement, whether it is intrinsic or extrinsic?
Incentive Theory
200
Which type of culture encourages more group success when it comes to our need for achievement?
Collectivist culture
200
Who is the psychologist who claimed that there are 6 basic emotions that are universally accepted?
Paul Ekman
200
Name two ways that fears are learned.
Classical conditioning, observational learning, or evolutionary predispositions
200
Name two neurotransmitters that are abundant in the prefrontal cortex and are important for mood regulation.
Dopamine, serotonin, or norepinephrine
300
Which theory states that motivation comes from the desire for our thoughts to be consistent with our behavior or actions?
Cognitive Consistency Theory or Cognitive Dissonance Theory
300
Which mindset is similar to a growth mindset, allowing an individual to have an incremental view of ability? (Hint: this mindset also leads to a higher need for achievement)
Mastery-oriented
300
Which theory of emotional experience states that we experience a physical reaction after evaluating a stimulus and that physical reaction is then experienced as a specific emotion?
James-Lange theory
300
What are the TWO terms for how people express anger?
Anger-in and anger-out
300
Which feeling or emotion is the insula mostly linked with?
Pain
400
What is the term for the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs pyramid (a term for reaching one's full potential)?
Self-Actualization
400
What is the mindset that can stunt one's need for achievement that comes from Martin Seligman's study conducted with dogs and shocks?
"Helpless-oriented" or "Learned helplessness"
400
Which theory of emotional experience says that we feel the physical reaction at the same time as interpreting the reaction as an emotion which ultimately allows us to experience the emotion?
Cannon-Bard theory
400
What is the name for how people feel worse off than others around them when it comes to happiness?
The relative-deprivation principle
400
Which neurotransmitter is released when our bodies go into a fight or flight response?
Norepinephrine
500
What is the name of the theory that states that we have basic needs as humans that force us to be motivated in order to fulfill our needs and return to homeostasis?
Drive-Reduction Theory
500
What is the name of the tests that were developed in the 1930's and used to assess one's need for achievement through storytelling of ambiguous pictures?
Thematic Apperception Tests (TAT's)
500
Which theory of emotional experience says that certain behaviors are associated with several emotions so the emotion that is felt is dependent on how the individual appraises the physical reaction and behavior or how he/she interprets the situation?
Two-factor theory
500
What is the term for how people adjust to a certain level of happiness and need to find something even better to continue being happy?
The adaptation-level principle
500
Which area of the cortex is associated with memory (hint: not the hippocampus) and is activated by emotional memories?