PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 54: Homeostasis, Binge Eating, Abraham Maslow
24 Jan 2018
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Hardiness is conceived as a combination of three personality characteristics-commitment, control, and challenge-that serve to buffer the effects of stress because they are associated with curiosity and interest in the experiences oflife. Further, hardy individuals believe that they can control what happens to them. Commitment. help buffer the effects of stress because they help. Control/ challenge individuals keep the changing life events in perspective (kobasa et al. , 1982). Though exercise has most often been examined relative to the cardiovascular system, these researchers were interested in the effect of exercise as a buffer for life- change-induced stress. Donald hebb advocated that motivation is related to the activation of the cortex by ras. Hebb"s theory sends fibers to the ras, this could explain how thoughts can motivate behaviors. Thus thoughts or external stimuli can activate and lead to the arousal of an individual.
