CH 10: Motivation and Emotion Flashcards
The need or desire that energizes and directs behavior.
Motivation
What 4 perspectives help Psychologists understand ordinary motivated behavior?
1) Instinct Theory - focuses on genetically predisposed behavior.
2) Drive-Reduction Theory - focuses on how we respond to our inner pushes.
3) Arousal Theory - focuses on finding the right level of stimulation.
4) Hierarchy of Needs - focuses on the priority of some needs over others.
A complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.
Instinct
The idea that a physiological need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.
Drive-reduction Theory
A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level.
Homeostasis
A positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior.
Incentive
The principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases.
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Maslow’s pyramid of human needs, beginning at the base with psychological needs that must first be satisfied before higher-level safety needs and then psychological needs become active.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
What are Maslow’s 6 hierarchy of needs.
1) Physiological Needs - need to satisfy hunger and thirst.
2) Safety Needs - need to feel that the world is organized and predictable; need to feel safe, secure, and a stable.
3) Belongingness and Love Needs - need to love and be loved, to belong and be accepted; need to avoid loneliness and separation.
4) Esteem Needs - Need for self-esteem, achievement, competence, and independence; need for recognition and respect from others.
5) Self-Actualization Needs - need to live up to our fullest and unique potential.
6) Self-transcendence Needs - need to find meaning and identify beyond the self.
The need to build relationships and to feel part of a group.
Affiliation Need
Deliberated social exclusion of individuals or groups.
Ostracism
What are the social effects of social networking?
1) Networking makes us more or less socially isolated.
2) Electric communication can help stimulate healthy self-disclosure.
3) Social Networks can generally reflect people’s actual personality.
4) Social Networking promotes Narcissism.
Self Esteem gone wild; Excessive self-love and self-absorption.
Narcissism
What are some ways to help you maintain Balance and Focus between our real-world and online time?
1) Monitor your Time
2) Monitor your feelings
3) Hide from your more distracting online friends when necessary.
4) When studying, get in the practice of checking your phone only once per hour.
5) Try a social networking fast, or a time-controlled social media diet.
6) Refocus by taking a nature walk.
A desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of skills or ideas; for control; and for attaining a high standard.
Achievement Motivation
