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1. Viktor Frankl

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challengingHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.

2. obese

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challengingHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levels

3. hypothalamus and hunger

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challenging

4. Stress

the process by which we perceive and respond to certain events, called stressors, that we appraise as threatening or challengingDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

5. problem-focused coping

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsAttempting to alleviate stress directly by changing the stressor or the way we interact with that stressor.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

6. drive reduction theory

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused state that motivates us to satisfy the need.

7. Milgram's experiment on obedience

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Milgram recruited subjects for an experiment to see how far people will go to obey authority figures. An experiment that tested the compliance of an individual to an authority figures by having them administer different levels of (fake) electrical shocks to another individual. Results showed that 2/3 of subjects were compliant throughout the entire experiment. Example: Teacher gave learners electric shocks when they answered a question wrong on a memory test at the command to a 'doctor.'

8. Role of the autonomic nervous system in emotion

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.The arousal component of emotion is regulated by the autonomic nervous system's sympathetic (arousing) and parasympathetic (calming) divisions.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.

9. arousal theory

Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsdescribes the search for the right arousal level that energizes and directs behavior

10. pessimism

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.the anticipation of negative outcomes. People who expect the worst and doubt that their goals will be achieved.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

11. The three components of emotion

Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsbodily arousal - expressive behaviors - conscious experiencesHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

12. Type B Personality

easy-going and relaxed peopleslower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.

13. faith factor

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Correlation between the health and healing that postulates that religiously active people tend to live longer than those who are not religiously active.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levels

14. Stressor

an event or situation that causes stress. Things that push our buttonsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

15. Ways to cope with stress

Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsproblem-focused coping and emotion-focused copingHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

16. Optimism vs. Pessimism

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsOptimists not only perceive more control, they cope better with stressful events and enjoy better health, outliving pessimists; pessimists perceive loss of control with accompanying stress, while their health is more vulnerable to obstruction.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.

17. Challenge appraisal

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.appraisal in which, though an event is perceived to be stressful, the focus is one of positive excitement and the potential for growth - external vs. internal locus of control. - finding meaning

18. optimisim

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.the anticipation of positive outcomes. People who expect the best and expect their efforts to lead to good things.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levels

19. Obedience vs. conformity

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.do something because we were told to (usually by someone in a position of authority/power) - versus doing something because other people are doing it and we want to fit in.

20. Asch's experiments on conformity

slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsexperimented how people would rather conform than state their own individual answer even though they know the group's answer is wrongDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

21. the need to belong

Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsbenefits of belonging - pain of being shut out - connecting and social networking - When our need for relatednessis satisfied in balance with two other basic psychological needs—autonomy (a sense of personal control) and competence—the result is a deep sense of well-being. - Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

22. Definitions of Relatedness, Autonomy, and Comptetence

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsneed to feel connected. - Sense of independence - Having the skills we need to do well in life.

23. Type A personality

Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelspersonality type that describes people who are competitive, hard-driving, impatient, verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people. More likely to have heart problems then other type.

24. Resilliance

Hunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsDeveloped logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.the personal strength that helps most people cope with stress and recover from adversity and even trauma. The ability to bounce back from a trauma (with normal initial reaction to trauma (IE anxiety, fear, depression, etc.))

25. The three main types of stressors

Developed logotherapy after experiencing the holocaust to help patients find meaning/purpose in life without medical help. - who survived a Nazi concentration camp, observed, 'Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.' - Helps to find meaning in the suffering.catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles.slower metabolism - sleep loss - social influence - changing activity levels - changing food consumption levelsHunger is monitored by the hypothalamus, the lateral hypothalamus brings on hunger and the ventromedial hypothalamus depresses hunger. Regulates hunger. - a center pumps out appetite stimulating hormones, and another center pumps out appetite-suppressing hormones. - One of its tasks is monitoring levels of appetite hormones, such as ghrelin, a hunger-arousing hormone secreted by an empty stomach. - Secretes Orexin, a hunger-triggering hormone.

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