AP PSYC UNIT 7.
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What is a drive? - Answer: Urgent physiological need pressing for satisfaction
Drive-reduction theory - Answer: behavior arises from physiological needs that cause
internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal
Yerkes-Dodson Law - Answer: the principle that performance increases with arousal only
up to a point, beyond which performance decreases
Instinct - Answer: a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is
unlearned
Rorschach test - Answer: a projective test that uses inkblots as the ambiguous stimulation
Self-efficacy - Answer: Your ability to have confidence in completing a task
Barnum effect - Answer: People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock
descriptions of personality that apply to everyone
Self-point theory - Answer: The specific body weight maintained automatically over a long
period of time
Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - Answer: emergency reaction to stressful
situations; alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion (ARE bad)
Stages of GAS (General Adaptation Syndrome) - Answer: alarm (fight or flight) , resistance
(attempt to cope/ body is on high alert) , exhaustion (body becomes vulnerable)
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, What is homeostasis and what theory is it associated with - Answer: An internal balance
associated with drive reduction theory
Projective test - Answer: Asking people to interpret vague, ambiguous stimuli that have
multiple meanings
Personal inventory - Answer: Questionnaires that ask people to provide info about
themselves (true/false or agree/disagree)
Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation - Answer: doing something because you enjoy it vs. Doing
something because you get a reward
What do arousal approaches to motivation say about motivation? - Answer: desire to
maintain an optimal level of arousal motivates behavior —-> why we do dangerous things
Ventromedial hypothalamus - Answer: The part of the hypothalamus that produces feelings
of fullness as opposed to hunger, and causes one to stop eating.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - Answer: a well-researched, clinical
questionnaire used to assess personality and psychological problems
What comes before emotion in the James-Lange theory of emotion - Answer: Physiological
response
Interpreting heart racing as excitement before sky diving - Answer: Schachter Singer theory
Ledoux Theory - Answer: some embodied responses happen instantly, without conscious
appraisal. Change emotions if necessary
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Built around real course units and objectives!
What is a drive? - Answer: Urgent physiological need pressing for satisfaction
Drive-reduction theory - Answer: behavior arises from physiological needs that cause
internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the need and reduce tension and arousal
Yerkes-Dodson Law - Answer: the principle that performance increases with arousal only
up to a point, beyond which performance decreases
Instinct - Answer: a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is
unlearned
Rorschach test - Answer: a projective test that uses inkblots as the ambiguous stimulation
Self-efficacy - Answer: Your ability to have confidence in completing a task
Barnum effect - Answer: People have the tendency to see themselves in vague, stock
descriptions of personality that apply to everyone
Self-point theory - Answer: The specific body weight maintained automatically over a long
period of time
Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - Answer: emergency reaction to stressful
situations; alarm reaction, resistance, and exhaustion (ARE bad)
Stages of GAS (General Adaptation Syndrome) - Answer: alarm (fight or flight) , resistance
(attempt to cope/ body is on high alert) , exhaustion (body becomes vulnerable)
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
, What is homeostasis and what theory is it associated with - Answer: An internal balance
associated with drive reduction theory
Projective test - Answer: Asking people to interpret vague, ambiguous stimuli that have
multiple meanings
Personal inventory - Answer: Questionnaires that ask people to provide info about
themselves (true/false or agree/disagree)
Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation - Answer: doing something because you enjoy it vs. Doing
something because you get a reward
What do arousal approaches to motivation say about motivation? - Answer: desire to
maintain an optimal level of arousal motivates behavior —-> why we do dangerous things
Ventromedial hypothalamus - Answer: The part of the hypothalamus that produces feelings
of fullness as opposed to hunger, and causes one to stop eating.
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) - Answer: a well-researched, clinical
questionnaire used to assess personality and psychological problems
What comes before emotion in the James-Lange theory of emotion - Answer: Physiological
response
Interpreting heart racing as excitement before sky diving - Answer: Schachter Singer theory
Ledoux Theory - Answer: some embodied responses happen instantly, without conscious
appraisal. Change emotions if necessary
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