2.1 Motivation and Emotion

Question 1

Drive Reduction Theory

Answer 1

body’s goal is to be in a state of homeostasis. Makes us want to eat or wear more layers.

Question 2

Yerkeys Dodson Law

Answer 2

performance is best on moderate levels of arousal.

Question 3

Yerkeys Dodson Law Exceptions

Answer 3

better performance in new and hard things with low arousal, and in easy and professional things, with high arousal.

Question 4

Intrinsic Motivation

Answer 4

motivation to do a behavior because you enjoy it

Question 5

Extrinsic motivation

Answer 5

you do something because of the reward, or pressure.

Question 6

Over Justification Effect

Answer 6

We put too much emphasis on extrinsic motivation if both kinds are present. This causes enjoyable things to become boring if you start getting paid for them.

Question 7

Cultural Expression of Emotion

Answer 7

Americans show more intense and prolonged emotions. Japanese hide it when in groups, but not when alone.

Question 8

Genuine vs fake emotion

Answer 8

look different

Question 9

zygomatic muscles

Answer 9

cheeks. Easy to control. used in real and fake happiness.

Question 10

orbicularis occuli

Answer 10

muscles around eyes. hard to control, so usually only used in real happiness. Causes a squinty look.

Question 11

Two Factor theory of emotion

Answer 11

Schacter and singer. Physiological arousal + environmental cues.

Question 12

Physiological arousal

Answer 12

more or less the same for all emotions

Question 13

environmental cues

Answer 13

when aroused you look around to identify which emotion.

Question 14

Amygdala and fear response

Answer 14

receives visual input, screens for danger. Not very complicated, triggers fear response. Jumpy people have a more active amygdala.

Question 15

Fear response

Answer 15

Epinephrine, norepinephrine, cortisol, heartrate increases, metabolism increases, queasy stomach.

Question 16

Emotion vs Ration

Answer 16

90% People biased towards emotional fear response, but can be trained not to be.

Question 17

Polygraph

Answer 17

lie detector. Promoted by Marston. measures physiological reaction to telling a lie. only 60% accurate because anxiety (and other emotions) look like lies too, and people can train themselves to not react when lying.

Question 18

Guilty knowledge test

Answer 18

pupils dilate when we see familiar things, criminals recognize crime objects, while innocents don’t.