Motivation, Emotion & Stress Vocab Prep

a subfield of psychology that provides psychology's contribution to behavioral medicine

a machine, commonly used in attempts to detect lies, that measures several of the physiological responses accompanying emotion (such as perspiration and cardiovascular and breathing changes).

an interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and medical knowledge and applies that knowledge to health and disease

Attempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.

a response of the whole organism, involving (1) physiological arousal, (2) expressive behaviors, and (3) conscious experience

Maslow's theory, beginning at the base with physiological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active

Friedman and Rosenman's term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people

Friedman and Rosenman's term for easygoing, relaxed people

the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need

Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases—alarm, resistance, exhaustion.

alleviating stress using emotional, cognitive, or behavioral methods

a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

the application of psychological concepts and methods to optimizing human behavior in workplaces

A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level

a desire for significant accomplishment: for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for attaining a high standard