Vocabulary

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

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