Motivation
Learned drives such as money
Social norms about how to express in emotions in public.
What are display rules?
An event that is perceived as challenging or threatening.
What is a stressor?
part of the personality that wants immediate gratification
What is the Id?
The top of Maslow's Hierarchy - the best anyone can be
What is self-actualization?
Tendency to maintain a balanced internal state
What is homeostasis?
The theory that our expressions influence our feelings of emotion
What is facial feedback hypothesis?
Branch of psychology that explores how culture, psychological factors & behavior impact physical wellbeing
What is health psychology?
Refusal to accept painful realities
What is denial?
Relatively stable & automatic weight maintained by most adults
What is set point?
What is incentive theory? (or just incentive)
People who are high-achieving but also impatient and quick to anger
What are Type A?
Part of the personality that balances selfish wants & social norms (Freud)
What is the Ego?
Motivation that comes from within
What is intrinsic motivation?
Maslow's Hierarchy - the need for respect & recognition
What are esteem needs?
Cells that fight infection & cancer cells
What are T-cells?
People who cover up inferiority by staying away from challenging situations.
What are avoiding types?
Psychologist who believed our behavior was mainly to cover up feelings of inferiority
Who is Adler?
Part of the brain that signals feelings of fullness
What is the ventromedial hypothalamus?
Biological responses cause emotion
What is James Lange theory?
The belief that outside forces have the biggest influence on our personal circumstances
What is external locus of control?
Expressing negative emotions in a way that is socially acceptable
What is sublimination?
Personality tests that are open-ended and used for insight/interpretation
What are projective tests?
The hunger hormone
What is ghrelin?
What is Schacter Singer (or 2 Factor Theory)?
Positive stress such as an important event or life change like college
What is eustress?
We are living to die (Freud)
What is Thanatos? (or the death drive)
Hormone that signals fullness - deficiency linked to obesity
What is leptin?