Ch 11: Motivation Flashcards
Motivation
a desire that energizes your behavior and directs it towards a goal
Drive Reduction Theory
you have a need, your body creates a “drive”, and you fulfill that need
e.g. you need food - you get hungry - you eat
Homeostasis
body wants balance
Optimal Arousal
if everything is in balance - we now want arousal
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Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Physiological Needs - food, water - body needs
- Self Actualization - abstract - worldly needs
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self Transcendence - new ideas
- contemplation
What motivates Hunger/Eating
Internal vs External
- Internal
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Stomach Contractions - Washburn experiment
- put balloon in stomach
- when full - not hungry
- when empty - hungry
- put balloon in stomach
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Hypothalamus - moniters blood sugar (glucose)
- fat rat experiment - stimulate left side = don’t stop eating
- stimulate right side = can’t eat
- fat rat experiment - stimulate left side = don’t stop eating
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Stomach Contractions - Washburn experiment
- External
- anticipation - looking forward to food
- cultural - cultural events = food
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taste - cravings
- sweet and salty are universal
- other tastes are learned
- sweet and salty are universal
Set Point
if you lose weight, brain turns down metabolizing to gain more weight
*Exercise + Eat Right
eat food that turns on metabolism
Atkins Diet
no sugar or carbs
Fiber
fills stomach by expanding in H20
Anorexia
not enough food intake
Bulemia
vomiting, extreme exercise, laxatives
Achievement Motivation
desire of accomplishment and to make something
John Atkinson
Ambigious Picture Text
fantasies reflect your concern for your own achievement
Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Achievement Motivation
- Intrinsic - do it for yourself
- informative rewards - do things because you want to do it
- Extrinsic - do it for rewards
- controlling rewards - do it becase you get something
