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| a process that influences the direction, persistence, and vigor goal directed behavior |
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| is an inherited characteristic, common to all members of a species, that automatically produces a particular response when the organism is exposed to a particular stimulus |
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| a state of internal equilibrium that the body strives to maintain |
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| states if internal tension that motivate an organism to behave in ays that reduce this tension |
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behavioral activation system
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| us roused to action by signals of potential reward and positive gratification |
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behavioral inhibition system
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| responds to stimuli that signal potential pain, non reinforcement, and punishment |
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| expectancy X value theory |
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| goal-directed behavior is jointly determined by the strength of the person's expectation that particular behaviors will lead to a goal and by the incentive value the individual places on that goal |
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| performing an activity to obtain an external reward or avoid punishment |
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| represents the need to fulfill potential |
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| self-determination theory |
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| focuses on three fundamental psychological needs-competence autonomy, and relatedness- and on how they relate to intrinsic and extrinsic motivation |
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| the body's rate of energy (or caloric) utilization |
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| a biologically determined standard around which body weight is regulated |
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| a simple sugar that is the body's major source of immediately usable fuel |
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| a cluster of neurons packed with receptor sites for various transmitters that stimulate or reduce appetite |
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| excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution |
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| refers to chronic, impaired sexual functioning that distresses a person |
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| involves comparing our beliefs, feelings, and behaviors with those of other people |
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| a positive desire to accomplish tasks and compete successfully with standards of excellence |
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| approach-approach conflict |
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| occurs when we face two attractive alternatives and selecting one means losing the other |
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| avoidance-avoidance conflict |
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| occurs when we must choose between two undesirable goals |
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| approach-avoidance conflict |
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involves being attracted to and repelled by the same goal
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| are feeling states that involve a patter of cognitive, psychological, and behavioral reaction to events |
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| trigger cognitive appraisals and emotional responses |
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| interpretations and meanings that we attach to sensory stimuli |
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| the persons observable emotional displays |
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| fundamental emotional patterns |
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| innate emotional reactions |
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| directed at achieving some emotion-relevant goal |
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| our bodily reactions determine the subjective emotion we experience |
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| proposed that the subjective experience of emotion and physiological arousal do not cause one another but instead are independent responses to an emotion-arousing situation |
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| facial feedback hypothesis |
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| feedback from the facial muscles to the brain plays a key role in determining the nature and intensity of emotions that we experience |
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