Chapter 2 : History

Question 1

What are the grand theroies of emotion?

Answer 1

Will theroy Decartes, instinct theory Darwin and william James, drive theory Freud and Hull, incentive theory, arousal theory, mini theory

Question 2

What mini theory are mentioned in the text ?

Answer 2

Active nature of the person, cognitive revolution and socially relevant questions

Question 3

What best reflects motivational science in 1700s

Answer 3

Motivation arises from passions of body and reason of the mind

Question 4

Plato’s portrayl of how the mind generated emotion was similar to Sigmund Freud’s, why ?

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud’s Id ego and superego similar to platos appetitive , calculated and competitive

Question 5

The first grand theory of emotion was.

Answer 5

The will

Question 6

The tripartite mins was reduced to dualism which only explored

Answer 6

Mind ( reason ) and body ( mechanics of biology, appetites ) . No reference to the competitive or super ego

Question 7

The will failed as a grand theroy as

Answer 7

It proved to be as mysterious as and difficult to explain as the motivation it generated

Question 8

Instinct failed as a theroy cause

Answer 8

It was circular reasoning ; I kill others cause I have an instinct to kill. Why do I have an instinct ? Cause I kill.

Question 9

The order of the grand theroies / philosophies

Answer 9

Tripartate- dualisim- will - instinct - drive - incentive theroy - arousal - mini theroies ( social, animation and cognitive revolution )

Question 10

Drive theory fundamentals

Answer 10

Drive emerged from disturbance of body needs ( hull build up of net effects, Freud build up in nervous system ) drive has energizing effect on behavior, drive reductions reinforcing and produced learning ( hull)

Question 11

Drive theroies large benefit was

Answer 11

Motivation could be predicted from antecedents

Question 12

Hills drive theroy is summed as

Answer 12

Drive, cue, response, reward

Question 13

Important event that occured in the 1960s

Answer 13

Motivation researchers rejected grand theory in favour of multiple mini theroy

Question 14

Hills drive theroy equation meaning
E= H xDx K

Answer 14

E is strength of behavior
H is habit strength
D is internal drive
K is external incentive

Question 15

Freuds drive theroy flow

Answer 15

Sousource source impetus object aim

Question 16

Import of cognitive revolution on motivational science

Answer 16

Ideological shift away from studying animals, biological and motivational constructs

Question 17

Focus on applied social research led to

Answer 17

Focus on naturally occuring instances of motivation outside research library

Question 18

Evolution of paradigms

Answer 18

Paradigmatic - pre paradigmatic - crisis and revolution - new paradigm

Question 19

Motivational science is in a new paradigm because —– , and we can conclude

Answer 19

A number of specific ideas and approaches are advocated and the forces that drive motivation and equally important to those that energize it

Question 20

For decartes an emotion was

Answer 20

An uproar in a string body reaction

Question 21

In the history of emotion study of expression was important as it showed

Answer 21

Emotions were cross culturally relevant and genetically based

Question 22

Names to theroy ; tripartate- dualisim-will- instinct -drive- incentive - arousal - mini theroies ( activated human , social application, cognitive )

Answer 22

Plato( Aristotle) - decartes and Greeks - decartes -biological determinism darwin- Freud and hull -

Question 23

Reasons we moved to mini theroies

Answer 23

Three historical trends explain this transition. First, motivation study rejected its commitment to a passive view of human nature and adopted a more active portrayal of human beings. Second, motivation turned decidedly cognitive and somewhat humanistic. Third, the field focused on applied, socially relevant problems.

Question 24

Humanistic movements

Answer 24

Maslow, Rogers, existensialist.and gestalt 1960’s