Chapter 12 - What Causes Emotional And Motivated Behaviour

Question 1

Orbitofrontal cortex

Answer 1

Prefrontal cortex located behind the eye sockets (or orbits) that receives projections from the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus; plays a central role in a variety of emotional and social behaviors as well as in eating.

Question 2

Emotion

Answer 2

Cognitive interpretation of subjective feelings.

Question 3

Motivation

Answer 3

Behavior that seems purposeful and goal-directed.

Question 4

Sensory deprivation

Answer 4

Experimental setup in which a subject is allowed only restricted sensory input; subjects generally have a low tolerance for deprivation and may even display hallucinations.

Question 5

Drives

Answer 5

Hypothetical state of arousal that motivates an organism to engage in a particular behavior.

Question 6

Flush model of motivation

Answer 6

Drive theories maintain that reservoirs of action-specific energies, once released, flow out and produce behavior. The greater the behavior’s energy store, the longer it persists. Without an energy store, there is no behavior.

Question 7

Androgen

Answer 7

Male hormone related to level of sexual interest.