arousal reaction
1Reaction formation — In Sigmund Freud s psychoanalytic theory, reaction formation is a defense mechanism in which anxiety producing or unacceptable emotions are replaced by their direct opposites. [cite web url=http://www.psychpage.com/learning/library/counseling/defe… …
2reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… …
3Acute stress reaction — This article is about the psychological condition sometimes called shock. For the circulatory condition, see shock (circulatory). Acute stress reaction Classification and external resources After being attacked and stabbed, Austrian empress… …
4Sexual arousal — is the process and state of an animal being ready for sexual activity and feeling an urge for sexual contact. Human sexual arousal Sexual arousal for a man results in an increased blood flow to the penis, to produce an erection. In a woman, the… …
5Combat stress reaction — Shell shock and shell shocked redirect here. For other uses, see Shell shock (disambiguation). Image from World War I taken in an Australian dressing station near Ypres in 1917. The wounded soldier in the lower left of the photo has a dazed… …
6Modèle de la réaction sexuelle — Rapport sexuel Le rapport sexuel en tant que relation humaine implique de facto plus d un individu dans un comportement dit sexuel aboutissant ou non sur une pénétration (les partenaires pouvant être de sexes identiques ou opposés). Exclue par… …
7SOMMEIL-RÊVE-ÉVEIL (CYCLE) — Le cerveau humain, comme celui de tous les Vertébrés supérieurs, subit l’alternance de trois états: éveil, sommeil, rêve. Au cours de l’éveil, le cerveau reçoit les informations du milieu extérieur ou intérieur, les intègre et les compare aux… …
8motivation — motivational, adj. motivative, adj. /moh teuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of motivating. 2. the state or condition of being motivated. 3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive. [1870 75; MOTIVE + ATION] * * * Factors… …
9Appraisal theory — Reasoning and understanding of one’s emotional reaction becomes important for future appraisals as well. The important aspect of the appraisal theory is that it accounts for individual variances of emotional reactions to the same event. [Smith,… …
10Affect display — In psychology, affect display or affective display is a subject s externally displayed affect. The display can be by facial, vocal, or gestural means (APA 2006, p. 26). When displayed affect is different from the subjective affect, it is… …
