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multidimensional sexual orientation
self-identity, sexual attraction, actual sexual behavior
adaptive advantages of affiliation
more sexual mates, protection from predators, divison of labor, development of knowledge
James-Lange Theory
bodily reactions determine subjective emotions we experience
what determines sexual orientation
hereditary disposition, other causes still debated
intellectualization
removing emotional component of event and deal with it as 'intellectualy interesting'
Instinct Theories
inherited characteristics, common to all species members, automatically produce response to particular stimulus
repression
anxiety feelings and impulses prevented from reach ing consciousness
gential stage
erotic impulses expressed in sexual relationships
Dieting
society pressures to be thin, body image dissatisfaction, ethnic differences, may evolve into eating disorder
Cannon-Bard Theory
Emotional experience and arousal are independent responses to emotion arising situation
dream interpretation
help patients understand symbolic meaning of dreams
Instinct Theories issues
Little factual support, simplistic, circular reasoning, hereditary accounts for only part of differences
psychoanalysis goal
help patients achieve insight
defense mechanisms
unconscious mental operations that deny or distort reality, reduce anxiety
reaction formation
unconsciously switch impulses to their opposites
extrinsic motivation
performing an activity to obtain external reward or avoid external punishment
environmental and cultural factors of eating
food availability, food tastes, variey, cultural norms
incentives
stimuli that pull an organism toward a goal
intrinsic motivation
performing an activity for its own sake
differences btwn, men and women
cross-cultural differences are greater
Unidimensional sexual orientation
exclusively hetero or exclusively hom
superego
moral arm of personality, develops by age 4 or 5, strives to control instincts
free association
verbal reports of thoughts or feelings that enter awareness without censorship
emotions as social communications
provide clues about internal states and intentions
sexual strategies theory
sex differences in seeking a mate reflect inherited tendencies, shaped to adaptive problems faced by men and women throughout evolution
physiology of sex
hormonal influences
psychodamic motivation
unconscious motives affect how we behave
projection
people disguise their own impulses by attributing them to otehrs
cognitive appraisals
interpretations and meaings attached to stimuli, different appraisals result in different behaviors
psychodamic personality perspective
id, ego, superego
brain structures involved in emotion
thalamus, amygdala
transference
client responds irrationally to therapist, brings out repressed feelings and behaviors
emotions
feelings that involve cognitive and physiological and behavioral reactions to events
high motivation for achievement
strong desire for success, low fear of failure
ego
direct contact with reality, functions at conscious level, reality principle
social structure theory
sex strategies direct men and women based on how society directs our roles, women have lss power and resources than men
Homeostasis
maintaining physiological balance
Sexual Motivation
desire to reproduce, obtain and give sensual pleasure, express love and intimacy, fulfill duty, conform to peer pressue
expressive behaviors
observable emotional displays, produts of evolution
Bulimia
Binge eat and then purge food
humanistic motivation
striving for personal growth
sublimation
taboo impulses channeld into socially acceptable behaviors
psychology of sex
desire, sexual stimulus positive, cultural norms
anal stage
pleasures on elimination of body waste, age 2-3, fixation leads to messy + dominant adult
why do we affiliate?
to obtain positive stimulation, emotional support, gain attention, permit social comparison
Effects of pornography
social learning, catharsis principle
displacement
impulses repressed then shifted on more acceptable target
denial
refusal to acknowledge event or emotions attached to it
the desire to affiliate
evolutionary theory - humans have evolved to become highly sociable, affiliation profives adaptive advantages
psychology of hunger
good taste of food reinforces desire to eat, memory of last time we ate
Anorexia Nervosa
restriction of food intake, weight below norm
rationalization
false excuse to explain anxiety arousing behavior
personality
distinctive ways of acting, thinking, feeling
phallic stage
pleasure derived from sexual organ, identification with same sex parent
psychosexual development stages
oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
adaptive functions of emotions
increase chances of survival, form intimate relationships, broaden our thinking and behavior
Schachters 2-factor theory
intensity of arousal influences how strongly we feel something, situational cues affect labeling of emotion
psychosexual development
ids focused on erogenous parts of body
need for achievement
personality...desire to accomplish tasks and maintain standards of excellence
id
innermost core of personality, present at birth, exists within unconscious, pleasure priciple
latency stage
sexual dormant,
cause of hunger
decline in blood glucose levels
social comparison
comparing beliefs, behaviors, and feeligns with other people
resistance
signs that anxiety arousing material is appraoching, defensive maneuaver
instrumental behaviors
directed at achieving an emotion
oral stage
during infancy, satisfaction from eating and sucking, fixation leads to dependent adult
positive psychology
addresses questions of happiness, well-being, human potential
OCEAN
openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeablenes, neuroticism
personality according to freud
reflects unconscious to satisfy impulses yet adhere to social constraint, strong inborn sexual drives, personality determined by childhood experiences, defense mechanisms to cope with anxiety and trauma

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