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lOMoAR cPSD| 46525381Chapter 4( Key Psycology concepts elaborations)
Unit 4: Motivation and Emotion
Key Terms and Concepts
Characterize each of the following key terms and concepts in your own words.
Develop or find examples where possible. A firm understanding of these terms,
along with the Study Questions for this unit, will help you to answer the questions
on the graded unit quiz.
1. affective forecasting (p. 469) – efforts to predict ones emotional reaction
to future events
2. achievement motive (p. 464) – is the need to master difficult challenges,
to outperform others and to meet high standards of excellence
3. amygdala (p. 471) – the hypothalamus, amygdala and adjacent structures
in the limbic system have long been view as the seat of emotions
4. argument (p. 484)- dispute between two people in tech language or
rhetoric, an argument consists of one or more premises that are used to
provide support for a conclusion
5. assumptions (p. 484) – are premise for which no proof or evidence is
offered
6. bisexual (p. 409) –person who seek emotional sexual relationships with
members of either sex
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7. body mass index (BMI) (p. 447) – weight in kilograms divided by height
in meters squared (kg,m2)
8. brain regulation (pp. 443-444) – the experience of hunger in controlled
inthe brain
9. drive (p. 441) –is an internal state of tension that motivates an organism
to engage in activities that should reduce this tension.
10.emotion (p. 468) - ...A subjective conscious experience (the cognitive
component) accompanied by bodily arousal (the physiological
component) and by characteristic overt expressions (the behavioural
component).
facial feedback hypothesis (pp. 472-473) -Theorists believe that muscular
feedback from ones own facial expressions contribute to ones conscious
experience of emotions. Proponents of facial-feedback hypothesis assert that
facial muscles send signals to the brain and that these signals help the brain
recognize the emotion that one is experiencing.
galvanic skin response (GSR) (p. 470)- An increase in the electrical
conductivity of the skin that occurs when sweat glands increase their activity.
glucose (p. 444)- simple sugars that is important source of energy and raises the
blood sugar, quick fix to hypoglycemia
glucostatic theory (p. 444)- proposed that fluctuations in blood glucose level are
monitored in the brain where they influence the experience of hunger hungry
ghrelin (p. 444)-one of the hormonal signals that influence hunger
happiness (ingredients) (pp. 480-481) –money , age , children , intelligence and
attractiveness
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