11.1, 11.3 & 11.4 Flashcards
Motivation & Emotion
Allostasis
motivation that is not only influenced by current needs but also by the anticipation of future needs caused by stress
Anorexia nervosa
an eating disorder that involves 1) self-starvation 2)intense fear of weight gain and dissatisfaction with one’s body 3)denial of serious consequences of severely low-weight
Bulimia nervosa
an eating disorder that is characterized by periods of food deprivation, binge eating, and purging
Drive
biological trigger telling us we may be deprived of something and causes us to seek out what is needed
Glucose
sugar which serves as primary energy source for body and brain
Homeostasis
body’s processes that allow it to maintain consistent internal states in response to outer environment
Hypothalamus
brain structure which regulates that regulates basic biological needs and motivational systems
Incentives
Stimuli we seek to reduce drives
Motivation
reason or desire to take action and achieve goals.
Obesity
disorder of positive energy balance, in which energy intake exceeds energy expenditure
Satiation
the point in a meal when we are no longer motivated to eat “full”
Unit Bias
the tendency to assume that the unit sale or portioning is an appropriate amount to consume
achievement motivation
the drive to perform at high levels and to accomplish significant goals
Amotivational
a feeling of having little or no motivation to perform a behaviour
Approach goal
an enjoyable and pleasant incentive that a person is drawn toward, such as praise, financial reward, or a feeling
Avoidance goal
an attempt to avoid an unpleasant outcome such as shame, embarrassment, losing money, or feeling emotional pain
Compassionate love
related to tenderness, and to the affection we feel when our lives are intertwined with another person
extrinsic motivation
motivation geared towards gaining rewards, recognition, or avoiding embarassment
intrinsic motivation
the process of being internally motivated to perform behaviours.
amygdala
group of nuclei in the middle portion of the temporal lobe in each hemisphere of the brain
Cannon-bard theory of emotion
suggests that the brain interprets a situation and generates subjective emotional feelings and that the representations in the brain trigger responses in the body
display rules
refer to unwritten expectations we have regarding when it is appropriate to show a certain emotion
emotion
1) subjective though and experience 2) accompanying patterns of neutral activity of physical arousal 3 observable expression
emotional dialects
variations across cultures in how common emotions are expressed
