Psychology, 5/e   Wortman, Loftus & Weaver
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Learning Objectives

1. Define motivation, and discuss its biological components.
2. Compare and contrast the instinctive, Freudian, drive-reduction, and optimal arousal theories of motivation.
3. Discuss the role of the endocrine system and other biological factors in sexual behavior, and explain how they interact with sexually arousing stimuli.
4. Describe the sexual response cycle.
5. Describe the major sexual dysfunctions, and discuss the interaction between physical and cognitive factors in dysfunctional responses.
6. Identify the three central components of emotion, and describe the physiological changes that accompany emotional responses.
7. Explain how brain structures are associated with emotion.
8. Explain how emotion is expressed in behavior, focusing on the adaptiveness of behavioral expression, the role of learning, and the importance of interpretation in the experience of emotion.
9. Describe the circular model of emotion. Explain how emotions are related to subjective states and to emotional traits such as affect intensity.
10. Discuss the theories of emotion that focus on physiological arousal, and explain how research on facial feedback relates to those theories.
11. Discuss the theories of emotion that focus on the role of cognition.
12. Discuss the various perspectives on what factors produce happiness, and report on relevant research related to each perspective.

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