Chapter 10 Flashcards
primary emotions
innate, evolutionary adaptive, and universal (anger, fear, sadness, surprise)
secondary emotions
blends of primary (remorse, guilt, love, bitterness)
two most important areas in the brain for emotion
amygdala and insula
James-Lange theory of emotion
Physical changes–> emotion
Cannon theory of emotion
Two distinct pathways that send information to mind and body simultaneously
two-factor or Schachter theory of emotion
People feel arousal and then search for an explanation based on what they believed caused that emotion
display rules
culturally specific rules the dictate how and when people can exhibit emotions
need
state of biological or social deficiency
need hierarchy
Maslow’s pyramid– you have to satisfy your basic survival needs before social or personal dreams
self-actualization
a state achieved when one attains their personal aspirations
drive
psychological state that creates arousal and motivates someone to do something
Yerkes-Dodson law
- performance on challenging tasks increases with arousal in an inverted U shape
- easier tasks require a higher degree of arousal for the performance to be the highest
incentives–> extrinsic motivation
external objects or goals, not internal drives, that motivate behavior
intrinsic motivation
value or pleasure associated with a behavior that motivates, even when there is no external goals
need to belong theory
the need for interpersonal attachments is a fundamental motive that evolved bc it was advantageous
