Personality, Emotions, & Motivation

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Across
  1. 4. something that guides how people typically move, react, and behave
  2. 6. we are motivated to maintain an optimal level of arousal (if bored, we go do something, if overstimulated, we relax)
  3. 7. your sociability, assertiveness, and emotional expression
  4. 9. mechanisms, something that serves protect your ego from threats unconsciously
  5. 10. the “time to eat” hormone, secreted by the stomach to regulate hunger
  6. 12. your tendency towards unstable emotions
  7. 14. motivation, doing something because it’s personally rewarding
  8. 16. socially learned norms that regulate the expression of emotion in different situations
  9. 18. motivation, doing something to earn rewards or avoid consequences
  10. 19. the force that energizes and directs behavior (why we act?)
  11. 20. hidden thoughts, desires, and memories that influence behavior
Down
  1. 1. a complex psychological process that is different from reasoning or knowledge; it’s faster, more automatic, and often reflects internal (body responses) and external (situation) factors affecting an individual
  2. 2. your cooperativeness, trustworthiness, and good-naturedness
  3. 3. Law, we perform best at a moderate level of arousal (not too bored, not too stressed)
  4. 5. your competence, self-discipline, thoughtfulness, and goal drive
  5. 8. a strength-based approach that emphasizes: personal growth, meaning, free will, and human potential
  6. 11. determinism, the interaction with/between your behavior, your cognition, and your environment
  7. 13. the “I’m full” hormone, secreted by body fat to regulate satiety (fullness)
  8. 15. your imagination, feelings, actions, and ideas
  9. 17. a situation or event that triggers an emotional response