Motivation
Complex & unlearned pattern of a behavior seen throughout species
What are instincts?
Smiling makes you feel happier
What is facial feedback hypothesis?
Planning a wedding or preparing to go to college
What is eustress?
What is the amygdala?
Motivation that comes from within
Intrinsic motivation
The body's tendency to maintain a balanced internal state
What is homeostasis?
Rules and social norms surrounding emotional expressions
What are display rules?
Assuming the worst in a stressful situation
What is awfulization?
Organ that secretes insulin to regulate glucose level
What is the pancreas?
Isolation as a punishment for violating social norms
What is ostracism?
Being thirsty creates discomfort in the body and motivates you to drink
What is Drive-Reduction Theory?
Physiological responses like a racing heart cause emotional responses
What is James-Lange theory?
The final stage of GAS when the body is vulnerable to illness
What is exhaustion?
Part of the brain that stimulates hunger
What is lateral hypothalamus?
Hyper-motivated, competitive, but also hostile and quick to anger people
What is Type A?
What is set point?
Emotions need a bodily reaction & a cognitive label (connected)
What is Schacter-Singer (or 2-Factor Theory)?
Stress that is continuous
What is chronic stress?
If this part of the brain is destroyed, an organism will eat continuously.
What is ventromedial hypothalamus?
Fear-provoking stimuli travel the low road for faster response
What is Le Doux's Theory?
One person goes bungee jumping and another person reads
What is optimal arousal?
2 hormones related to stress response
Cortisol & adrenaline
Hunger-triggering amino acid:
What is orexin?
Chronic stress damages these cells & impairs immune system functioning
What are T-cells (or t-lymphocytes)?
When arousal is too high or too low, performance will go down
What is Yerkes-Dodson law?
Emotions & physiological responses occur simultaneously but are not connected
What is Cannon-Bard?
Hormone stored in fat cells that signals the brain when we feel full
What is leptin?