GET MOTIV8D
Turn That Frown Upside Down :)
Key People
Stressed Out!
100
Hunger and thirst are examples of this type of motivator
What is a drive?
100
When you see a snake slithering toward you, you simultaneously experience fear and your heart starts pounding. (theory)
What is Cannon-Bard theory?
100
The "father of American psychology" who developed a theory of emotion that contradicts common sense
Who is William James?
100
Type of conflict experienced when forced to choose between KitKat or Reese's
What is approach-approach conflict?
200
What is the name of this diagram, and who created it?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
200
"I feel nervous because my palms are sweaty." (theory)
What is James-Lange theory?
200
Proposed general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
Who is Hans Selye?
200
The three stages of general adaptation syndrome (in order)
What is alarm, resistance, and exhaustion?
300
Receiving $5 for each "A" on your report card illustrates this type of motivator
What is an incentive?
300
When students perceive the arousal that accompanies test-taking as energizing rather than debilitating, they experience much less anxiety. (theory)
What is Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory?
300
Demonstrated that people can successfully identify emotions solely through facial expressions
Who is (Paul) Ekman and (Wallace) Friesen?
300
Choosing between staying home sick (skipping a test) and going to school (failing a test) is an example of this conflict
avoidance-avoidance conflict
400
A state of physiological equilibrium/stability
What is homeostasis?
400
The brain structure that plays a major role in acquiring conditioned fears
What is the amygdala?
400
Proposed the three basic types of conflict
Who is (Kurt) Lewin?
400
Your initial evaluation of whether a situation is irrelevant to you, relevant but nonthreatening, or stressful.
What is primary appraisal?
500
Thought of as a "weight thermostat," this refers to your body's natural weight range
What is set point?
500
This notion would support the use of Botox injection in the forehead to paralyze the facial muscles responsible for frowning as a treatment for depression
What is the facial-feedback hypothesis?
500
Argued that the amygdala receives information about emotional stimuli along a "fast" pathway that processes information more quickly than the cortex
Who is (Joseph) LeDoux?
500
This notion suggests that as a task gets more complex, the optimal level of arousal decreases
What is the inverted-U hypothesis OR Yerkes-Dodson Law?