In Drive reduction theory, we see out the fufillment of this.
What is a goal?
100
This form of learning depends upon the forming of associations between two stimuli.
What is classical conditioning?
100
This is the name for a low level emotion which can last for an extended period of time.
What is a mood?
100
This is the physiological response to a change in your environment.
What is the stress response?
100
I'm not afraid of death because I can't die.
What is denial?
200
This psychologist (somewhat wrongly) argued that some needs are more important than others.
Who was Maslow?
200
In Operant conditioning, this type of consequence causes a behavior to be more likely in the future.
What is a reinforcement?
200
This is the portion of the autonomic nervous system which activates when we experience emotion.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
200
This is the final stage in General Adaptation Syndrome in which a person's ability to cope with new changes is serevely reduced.
What is the Stage of Exhaustion?
200
I don't have a drinking problem, YOU have a drinking problem.
What is projection?
300
When left alone, creatures will seek out stimuli in order to maintain this status of "arousal".
What is the optimum?
300
Rats learned to associate food with what stimulus (which causes nausea) with relative ease.
What is radiation?
300
This part of the brain is associated with fear and "novelty" or the experiencing of something new.
What is the amygdala?
300
This type of conflict involves a forced choice between two bad outcomes: like a bully forcing you to choose between eating a pinecone or getting kicked for 5 minutes.
What is avoidance-avoidance?
300
I know I'm in debt, but look at all these coupons I have!
What is reaction formation?
400
This is the rate at which the body burns calories.
What is the basal metabolic rate?
400
This is what happens when an association begins to wear down due to inconsistent presentations of stimuli.
What is extinction?
400
This theory of emotion stipulates that emotion occurs after the physiological sense of emotion, and does not need any form of cognitive label.
What is the James-Lange theory?
400
These is the part of your autonomic nervous system which activates after you have dealt with a stressor.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
400
See, I was late to your wedding because I my alarm didn't go off and then I had to make sure I had fed my dogs, and I was just exhausted, so I took a nap, but then when my alarm failed to go off AGAIN, I...
What is rationalization?
500
When we are motivated by our physiology to maintain an ideal internal state we are striving to acheive this.
What is homeostasis?
500
This is the neutral stimulus used by Watson to train little Albert to be afraid.
What is a rat?
500
There are this many types of basic emotions.
What is eight.
500
This is the part of assessing stressors which involves an assessment of your skills and resources to deal with the problem.
What is secondary assessment?
500
I know that people don't like me, but that doesn't bug me because I have a 140 IQ and I'm smarter than them.