Vocabulary
Across
- 3. process by which we perceive and respond to certain events that we appraise as threatening or challenging
- 5. theory that emotions occur as a result of physiological reactions to events
- 10. the scientific study of human flourishing, with the goals of discovering and promoting strengths and virtues that help individuals and communities thrive
- 12. influences our motivation; a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior
- 13. the weight at which our body tends to hover around
- 15. the idea that releasing aggressive energy through action or fantasy relieves aggressive urges
- 16. a response involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience
- 18. the four stages of sexual responding, described by OB/GYNs William Masters and Virginia Johnson
Down
- 1. your perception of being happy or satisfied with life
- 2. deliberate social exclusion of individuals or groups
- 4. form of sugar that circulates in blood and provides major source of energy
- 6. excessive self-love and self-absorption
- 7. a need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
- 8. tendency of behavior to influence our own and others’ thoughts, feelings, and actions
- 9. we must satisfy physiological needs before higher-level psychological needs
- 11. theory that we feel emotions and experience physiological reactions simultaneously
- 14. a subfield that provides psychology’s contribution to behavioral medicine
- 17. passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals