Motivation and Emotion

Increase in the electrical conductivity of skin that occurs when sweat glands increse activity

What each sex invests in terms of time, energy and risk to produce and nurture offspring

Part of the hypothalamus; satiety center; ceases hunger

Theory of emotion; processing emotions and bodily response occur simultaneously

Refers to circumstances in which it is appropriate for people to show emotions

4 stages of the sexual response cycle in order

Known for research on achievement motivation

Test requiring you to respond to vague, ambiguous stimuli that may reveal personal motives

Efforts to predict one's emotional reactions to future events

Conducted a study revealing, on a 14-point scale, that sexual orientation is on a continuum

Internal state of tension that motivates an organism to do activities that reduce tension

One of John Atkinson's three determinants of achivement behavior

A BMI of what is considered obese?

The idea that muscular movements in certain facial expressions produce corresponding emotions

According to Schachter the experince of emotion depends on two factors

Two main hormones that play a key role in the short-term regulation of hunger

Much of the physiological arousal associated with emotion occurs through here (fight or flight)

Involves a subjective concious experience, bodily arousal, and characteristic expressions

Found a strong consensus across cultures that suggests facial expressions may be universal

Sensory inputs that trigger fear arrive in the Thalamus and are routed along a fast path to the