Motivation
a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
What is motivation
The hormone associated with hunger
Gherlin
a response of the whole organism that involves an interplay among 1) bodily arousal 2) expressive behaviors 3) conscious experience
what is emotion
______ are generally better than ______ are reading emotional cues
women/men
These researchers believe that optimal performance can best be predicted by moderate arousal levels
Who are Yerkes and Dodson
A biologically fixed tendency to maintain an optimum weight
What is the set point hypothesis
This researcher investigated 10 basic emotions
This researchers suggested that before our ancient ancestors communicated in words, their ability to convey threats, greetings, and submissions with facial expressions helped them survive
Who is Charles Darwin
After waking up multiple times in the night with her infant daughter, Amelia, is so tired that she turns off her alarm, goes to bed, and is nearly late to work the next morning. Amelia's fatigue is an example of
What is a drive?
A BMI of 30 or more
What is obesity
12-year-old Tom tells his younger brother, "when you notice that your hands shake and your stomach churns, then you really get emotional." This theory of emotion states that our experience of an emotion is a consequence of our physiological response to a stimulus
James-Lange theory
This hypothesis suggests that if you hold a pen in your mouth you can change your emotional state
College men given injections of epinephrine felt the happiest if they were told the injection would produce (arousal/no effect) and if they were in the company of a person who was acting (euphoric/irritated)
no effects; euphoric
Kayla is hungry and smells dinner cooking. The aroma of the food is likely to increase this neurotransmitter, causing her hunger to become an active impulse.
increase dopamine
Jazmine is startled when she sees a snake on the walkway. This emotion was processed via this road of emotion
What is the low road
The eye brows raised and pulled together most clearly signal this emotion
What is fear