• The low arousal theory is a psychological theory explaining that people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and antisocial personality...
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    without arousal. Low arousal approach Low arousal theory Reversal theory Iwańczuk W, Guźniczak P (2015). "Neurophysiological foundations of sleep, arousal, awareness...
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  • moments of crisis. Arousal refers to physiological arousal (e.g. heart rate) in response to stress, as opposed to sexual arousal. A low arousal approach to supporting...
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    performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point. When levels of arousal become too high, performance decreases. The process...
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  • provoked Low arousal theory, explains that individuals who have antisocial personality disorder or ADHD seek excessive activity to combat a state of low arousal...
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    intercourse, and continue during intercourse. Male arousal will lead to an erection, and in female arousal, the body's response is engorged sexual tissues...
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  • oxidase A. Fad Technophilia Technophobia Futurism Novelty seeking Low arousal theory Shiraishi H, Suzuki A, Fukasawa T, Aoshima T, Ujiie Y, Ishii G, Otani...
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  • motor control and perception Developmental coordination disorder Low arousal theory Sluggish cognitive tempo Sensory processing disorder Hunter versus...
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  • needed]. Adrenaline junkie Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Low arousal theory Neophilia Openness to experience Sensation Seeking Scale Cloninger...
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  • effects in reducing ADHD symptoms. Caffeine appears to help with alertness, arousal and reaction time but not the type of inattention implicated in ADHD (sustained...
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  • Tendency to act on a whim without considering consequences Low arousal theory – Psychological theory Zuckerman, Marvin (2009). "Chapter 31. Sensation seeking"...
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  • this theory suggests that the emotional response to a particular message or stimulus can be influenced by the residual, or remaining, arousal from a...
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    affective arousal on judgement. They induced high affective arousal in the experimental condition where participants had to cross a high bridge, and a low affective...
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  • somatic and cognitive anxiety (the arousal) increase, performance will increase until a certain point. Once the arousal has increased past this point, performance...
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  • succeeding in the workplace. These problems can compound frustrations and low self-esteem, and will often lead to the development of secondary pathologies...
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  • study on negative affect arousal and white noise by Stanley S. Seidner "support the existence of a negative affect arousal mechanism through observations...
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    PAD emotional state model (category Psychological theories)
    three numerical dimensions, Pleasure, Arousal and Dominance to represent all emotions. Its initial use was in a theory of environmental psychology, the core...
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  • measured along a continuous scale from positive to negative. High arousal vs. low arousal, measured along a continuous scale between these endpoints. According...
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  • Extraversion-Arousal Hypothesis states that under low stimulation conditions, introverts (defined as low in Extraversion) will be more highly aroused than extraverts;...
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    distributed in a two-dimensional circular space, containing arousal and valence dimensions. Arousal represents the vertical axis and valence represents the...
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  • Eysenck's arousal theory of extraversion, there is an optimal level of cortical arousal, and performance deteriorates as one becomes more or less aroused than...
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  • of differentiating arousal responses within communication theories: Orienting response or defensive arousal within nonverbal theories of expectancy violation"...
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    imbalance theory Ethical problems using children in clinical trials The Gene Illusion Hunter vs. farmer hypothesis Low arousal theory – alternate theory of ADHD...
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  • context. Female sexual interest/arousal disorder is defined as a "lack of, or significantly reduced, sexual interest/arousal", manifesting as at least three...
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  • mediate cortical arousal and emotional responses respectively. Eysenck advocates that extraverts have low levels of cortical arousal and introverts have...
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    avoidance) motivation It is important to note that arousal is different from motivational intensity. While arousal is a construct that is closely related to motivational...
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  • self-perception theory, as arousal should have nothing to do with the mechanism underlying attitude change. Cognitive dissonance theory, however, was readily...
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    motor control and perception Developmental coordination disorder Low arousal theory Sluggish cognitive tempo Sensory processing disorder Hunter versus...
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  • stimuli creates fear arousal. The state of fear is believed to be an unpleasant emotional state that involves physiological arousal that motivates cognitive...
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  • electrodes. Neurofeedback alerts the patient when beta waves are present. This theory believes that those with ADHD can train themselves to decrease ADHD symptoms...
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