PSY205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Drive Theory, Executive Functions, Homeostasis

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Chapter 3 summary : brain: not just cognitive/intellectual, motivated & emotional, generates wants/appetites. /urges/needs/rewards/cravings/desires etc: motivated & emotional brain, outer cortical brain, associated with cognitively rich emotions (goals, plans, strategies, values, beliefs about self, largely conscious, deliberative, revolve around cognitive or. Important for motivation & emotion, especially specific ones: cortisol produces energized stress response when exposed to social- evaluative threat (exp. Public speaking, re. ship conflict: oxytocin produces affiliation-based tend-and-befriend stress response when one seeks council & confides in friends during stressful events, testosterone produces competitive status-seeking behaviours (exp. Chapter 4 summary : need: condition within one that is essential & necessary for life, growth, well-being, categories of need, deficiency-based physiological needs (exp. Sweet taste, addictions to alcohol/caffeine, cultural prescriptions drink 8 glasses/day: hunger/eating. In males: relatively straightforward desire reflects physiological forces (exp. triphasic sexual response cycle) Cycle desire arousal orgasm: close correlation between erectile response & psychologically felt desire, stereotypical mating preferences & strategies (exp.

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