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Receptive meditation
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aware of everything in immediate conscious experience
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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
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physiological reaction and the emotion are assumed to occur at the same time
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Glucagons
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increases level of glucose
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Social learning theory
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reinforcement of appropriate gender behavior and imitation
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Approach-approach conflict
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must choose between two desirable goals
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Insulin
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reduces level of glucose
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Cognitive appraisal approach
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think about stressor
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Primary appraisal
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estimating the severity of a stressor and classifying it
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College Undergrad. Stress Scale
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measure amount of stress college students life
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Cognitive arousal theory
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both physical and labeling of arousal must occur before emotion
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Paraphilia
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arousal through unusal sexual behavior
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Organic or stress-induced dysfunction
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sexual problem caused by physical disorder or psychological stress
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Arousal theory
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have an optimanl level of tension that they seek to maintain by increasing or decreasing stimulation
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Type A personality
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ambitious, time conscious, extremly hardworking, high levels of hostility and anger, easily annoyed
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Homeostatsis
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tendency of body to maintain a steady state
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Frotteurism
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rubbing against unwilling in public places
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Self-determination theory
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social context of an action has an effect on the type of motivation existing for the action
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Type B
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relaxed and laid back, less driven and competitive, slow to anger
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Intersexed
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hermaphrodite
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3 types of need
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need for achievement, need for affilitation, need for power
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Voyeurism
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Peeping Tom
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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3 stages; alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
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Transvestism
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wearing clothing of the opposite sex arouses
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Social readjustment rating scale
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measures amount of stress in person's life over a year resulting from major life events
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Concentrative meditation
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focuses the mind on repetitive or unchanging stimulus
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Refraction period
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males just after an orgasm cannot become aroused
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James-Lange theory of emotion
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leads to
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Arousal theory
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increasing or decreasing
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Common sense theory of emotion
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stimulus leads to an emotion, which leads to bodily arousal
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Avoidance-avoidance conflict
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choose between two undesirable goals
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James-Lange theory of emotion
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physiological reactions leads to the labeling of an emotion
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Masters and Johnson Study
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measured physiological response during all phases of sexual intercourse
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Distress
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effect of unpleasant and undesirable stressors
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Emotional expression
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males report, females relate
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Facial feedback hypothesis
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facial expressions provide feedback intensifing the emotion
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Type C
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internalize anger and anxiety, expression difficult
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Problem-focused coping
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eliminate source of stress through direct actions
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Cognitive-mediational theory
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stimulus interpreted
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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ARE
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Secondary appraisal
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estimating resources available for coping
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Exhibitionism
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Flashing to the unwilling arouses
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Cannon-Bard theory of emotion
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same time
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Necrophilia
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sex with a corpse
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Approach-avoidance conflict
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must choose or not choose a goal that has both positive and negative aspects
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Gender schema theory
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mental pattern,organizes observed and learned behavior
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Cognitive-mediational theory
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stimulus interpreted to result in a physical response and an emotional reaction
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Cognitive arousal theory
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both occur
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Hardy personality
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thrive on stress but lacks the anger and hostility of Type A
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Parasympathetic system
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restores body to normal functioning
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Cognitive differences
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males better at math, females verbal
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Leptin
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hormone that signals that a person is full
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Cognitive appraisal approach
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how people think about a stressor determines how stressful stressor will become
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Festishism
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object or body part, shoes, feet or underwear sexually arouses a person
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Stimulus motive
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unlearned, stimulus in motivation, curiousity
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Emotion-focused coping
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changing emotional reaction to stressor
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Janus Report
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survey looking at sexual deviance
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Intrinsic motivation
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person performs an action because the act is rewarding
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Eustress
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optimal amount of stress people need to promote health and well-being
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Pedophia
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pedophile
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Stages of sexual arousal
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excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution
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Androgny
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possessing the most positive personality characteristics of males and females regardless of sex
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Sympathetic system
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responds to stressful events
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Kinsey Studies
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survey revealed controverdial findings about kinds of sexual behavior
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