Motivation
The theory that behavior is motivated by a need to stay in homeostasis
What is the drive reduction theory?
These are the egos protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality
What are defense mechanisms?
This is the phenomenon that certain feelings are similar across different cultures
What are universal emotions?
This is the name for the body's response to stress
What is the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)?
Abraham Maslow theorized that our personalities are determined by our efforts to reach this
What is self-actualization?
These are the internal wants or desires to accomplish a task
What are intrinsic motivators?
According to Sigmund Freud, the three key elements that make up personality
What are the id, ego and superego?
This theory of emotion states that a stimulus causes an internal response in the body and therefore emotion
What is the James-Lange Theory?
This is the last step of the body's response to stress in which all reserves are depleted
This defense mechanism involves returning to an earlier more comforting form of behavior
What is regression?
This type of conflict occurs when you have a choice between two non-desirable options
What is avoidance-avoidance?
________________ created a hierarchy of needs to explain human behavior and motivation.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Which theory states that a stimulus goes to body and mind through the thalamus at the same time?
What is the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion?
This is the first step to the body responding to stress
What is alarm?
Examples of this type of test are the Rorschach Inkblot Test and the Thematic Apperception Test
What are Projective Tests?
Which theory of motivation would be most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies?
What is arousal theory?
The four theories of personality
What are psychoanalytical, humanistic, behaviorism, and trait theory?
This theory states that arousal and cognition occur at the same time, resulting in an emotional experience
What is Singer-Schacter's Two Factor Theory of Emotion?
This occurs when the body is attempting to cope with stressors
What is resistance?
Carl Jung expanded on this concept as a shared and inherited reservoir of human memory
What is the collective unconscious?
This law states that stress and anxiety can increase performance at optimal levels
What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law?
These are the five big personality traits
What are conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extraversion?
The part of the brain that seems to influence emotion is the ________________.
What is the amygdala?
the primary stress hormone
What is cortisol?
The interacting influences between personality and environmental factors
What is Reciprocal Determinism?