Chapter 10 Flashcards
Mutiration
need/desire that directs behavior
Need
physiological deprivation
Want/Desire
innate human tendency
Drive
Activated, uncomfortable state
Homeostasis
Normal resting state
Incentives
External stimulator that motivates us
Process
Incentives trigger needs/wants
Optimum arousal
Need to reach this to avoid boredom
Yerkes-Dodsen Law
Performance increases with arousal up to a certain point
Maslow’s hierarchy
Some needs are more important
Levels of Maslow’s hierarchy
Psych/safety
Belonging/esteem
self-actualization/transcendence
Hypothalamus
Controls appetite, hunger, etc
Set point
Ideal weight body tries to keep
Basal emtabolic rate
How fast our resting bodies burn calories
When do we eat more?
In the presence of food
More variety of food
How much is on the plate
Others eating
How many American are overweight?
65%
What happens to fat cells as we lose weight?
They shrink, but cannot leave
What is a lot of weight determined by?
Genetics
Need for achievement
desire for major accomplishments and maintaining a high standard
Ambiguous picture test
Show a person a picture. The story they come up with reflects their need for achievement
Choice of tasks test
Choose tasks of varying levels of difficulty
Birth Order and achievement
First borns tend to be higher achieving
Intrinsic
Internally motivated; Do it because you want to
Extrinsic
Externally motivated; Do it because you have to
Controlling reward
Specific rules, competition, criticism, extrinsic motivation
Informing reward
Feedback, compliments, increase intrinsic motivation
James-lange theory
Physiological arousal then emotion
Cannon-Bard theory
Arousal and emotion simultaneous
Schacter and Singer 2 factor theory
Arousal and cognitive label lead to emotion
Arousal differs from different emotions?
no
Lie detection
Guilt leads to arousal; anxiety and guilt can be mistaken for guilt; not allowed in courts
Universal emotions
facial expressions are the same regardless of culture
Cultural differences in emotion
gestures
How do facial expression affect emotions
Intensify emotion
Help to feel empathy