Chapter 8 Emotion and Motivation Flashcards
Emotion
Positive or Negative experience associated with a particular pattern of a living thing
James-Lange Theory of Emotion
A stimulus triggers activity in the body, which turns an emotional experience in the mind
Two Dimensions of Arousal and Valence
How angry= high arousal and negative valence
Amygdala
Plays a role in emotion and a threat detector
Found in the limbic system
Fast Reaction
Facial Expressions are…
Universal!
Display Rule
Norm for the appropriate expressin of emotion
Exaggerating the expression of one’s emotion is called…
Intensification
Deintensification
Muting the expression of one’s emotion such as a loser of a competition tries to look a bit dissapointed rather than fully devastated
Masking
Expressing one emotion while hiding the other
Neutralizing
Showing no expression of the emotion one is feeling
Drives
An urgent basic need pressing for satisfaction (needing to eat because you are starving)
Homeostasis
Tendency for a system to take action to keep itself in a particular state
Drive-Reduction Theory
A theory suggesting that organisms are motivated to reduce their drives
ex: the drive to drink water to reduce the body’s imbalance with water)
Abraham Maslow-(1908-1970)
Stated that people are motivated to fulfill a hierarchy of needs
Some needs are more pressing than others (need to eat)
Maslow built a hierarchy of needs
Hierarchy of needs in order
1) need for self actualization
2) esteem needs
3) belongingness and love needs
4) safety and security needs
5) physiological needs
Orexigenic
Switches on the experience of hunger
Hunger Hormone
Ghrelin in stomach
Lateral Hypothalamus
Feeding center that turns on feeding behaviour
Anorexigenic
Switches off the experience of hunger
Motivation
Physiological cause of an action
Eating Disorder (BED)
Characterized by recurrent and uncontrolled episodes of eating a large number of calories in short time
Bulimia Nervosa
Eating disorder characterized by binge eating, followed by throwing up
Anorexia Nervosa
Eating disorder characterized by intense fear of being fat, resulting in severe restriction of food intake
Obesity (BMI of over 30>)
Causes include eating when we are not hungry, and biochemical abnormalities