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Sexual arousal

Chapter 10: Psychology: Themes and Variations, Canadian Edition

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Mind
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Neuropsychology
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Sexual arousal
emotion
motivation
Human sexual activity
Aggression
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Need for achievement

Motivation and Emotion Motivation majority of motivation is unconscious sexual motivation is pretty prominent ex. study in the Netherlands found that women dressed more scantily when ovulating motivation: direction/goal of motives strength of motives reflect biological and psychosocial needs drive: internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension (restore equilibrium, homeostasis) motives can be overridden by conscious thought biological motives: hunger motive thirst motive sex motive temperature motive excretory motive sleep/rest motive activity motive (optimal level of stimulation/arousal) aggression motive social motives: achievement motive social dominance hierarchy affiliation motive (social bonds) need for acceptance

Disorders Involving Gender and Sexuality

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Human sexuality
Human behavior
Sexology
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Paraphilias
Sexual fetishism
Interpersonal relationships
Transvestic fetishism
Sexual dysfunction
Sexual arousal
Frotteurism
Vaginismus
Social Issues
health
Human development
behavior
Love
Psychoanalysis
Attachment theory
Personal life
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education

Disorders involving Gender and Sexuality Influence of culture How do cultural norms influence our attitudes towards sexual behaviors? Should that be reflected in the determination of mental disorders? Gender Identity Disorder Gender Identity: One?s psychological sense of being female or male Gender Identity Disorder (transsexualism): Conflict between one?s anatomic sex and one?s gender associated with serious emotional distress or impaired functioning Not caused by ?inter-sex? condition Not confused with sexual orientation Cause: Unclear? Over identification w/mom Disturbance in endocrine (hormonal) environment during gestation? Sexual Dysfunctions Persistent problems with sexual interest, arousal, or response: lifetime vs. acquired; situational vs. generalized

Motivation and Emotion

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Grant Clay Period 3 10/25/08 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 10: Motivation & Emotion Red ? Definition Blue - Important Points Green - Important People & Contributions Motivational Theories & Concepts Motivation ? Involves Goal-Directed Behavior Drive Theories Homeostasis ? A State of Physiological Equilibrium or Stability. Drive ? An Internal State of Tension that Motivates an Organism to Engage in Activities that should Reduce this Tension. When you Experience Discomfort, An Internal Drive motivates you to Establish Homeostasis again. Drive Theories Don?t Explain All Motivation. Incentive Theory Incentive ? An External Goal that has the Capacity to Motivate Behavior. Incentive Theory revolves around External Stimuli, Not Internal like Drive Theory.

AP Psychology Emotion Outline

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Two-factor theory of emotion
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Arousal
James–Lange theory
Cannon–Bard theory
Appraisal theory
Emotion and memory
health

Emotion Outline Emotion- a response of the whole organism Physiological arousal Expressive behaviors Conscious experience Emotional Arousal Autonomic nervous system controls physiological arousal Arousal and Performance- Performance peaks at lower levels of arousal for difficult tasks, and at higher levels for easy or well-learned tasks. ? Emotion-Lie Detectors Polygraph- machine that is commonly used in attempt to detect lies; measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (i.e. perspiration, heart rate, blood pressure, breathing changes0 Control Question Up to age 18, did you ever physically harm anyone? Relevant Question Did the deceased threaten to harm you in any way? RELEVANT > CONTROL ! LIE Is 70% accuracy good?

Psych ch 10 outline

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Emily Johnson Period 2 2/4/13 AP Psychology Outline Chapter 10: Motivation & Emotion Motivational Theories & Concepts Motivation ? Involves Goal-Directed Behavior Drive Theories Homeostasis ? A State of Physiological Equilibrium or Stability. Drive ? An Internal State of Tension that Motivates an Organism to Engage in Activities that should reduce this Tension. When you Experience Discomfort, An Internal Drive motivates you to Establish Homeostasis again. Drive Theories Don?t Explain All Motivation. Incentive Theory Incentive ? An External Goal that has the Capacity to Motivate Behavior. Incentive Theory revolves around External Stimuli, Not Internal like Drive Theory. Evolutionary Theory Motivation comes from Natural Selection.
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