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what is motivation

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  • initiates, directs, sustains behaviour to satisfy physiological or psychological needs
  • all of the processes that initiate, direct and sustain behaviour
  • can be either needs or desires that direct or energize our behaviour, when motives are internal they push us to act
  • when motives are external (or outside of us) we call them incentives - they pull or entice us to act
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what are motives

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  • needs or desires that energize and direct behaviour toward a goal
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what are incentives

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  • external stimulus enticing us to act
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what is intrinsic motivation

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  • activities motivated without external rewards

- done for enjoyment

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what is extrinsic motivation

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  • activities to gain external reward or avoid undesirable consequence
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what is instinct theory

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  • motivated by innate, unlearned tendencies from genetics
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what is the drive reduction theory

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  • needs must be met to survive

- internal tension called a drive, motivated to reduce it

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what is homeostasis

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  • tendency of body to maintain balanced internal state

- balance body temperature, blood sugar, water, oxygen for survival

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what is the arousal theory

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  • we are motivated to maintain optimal level of arousal
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what are stimulus motives

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  • curiosity, exploration, play

- occur when arousal too low

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what is yerkes-dodson law

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  • performance on task best when arousal level appropriate to difficulty of task
  • higher arousal for simple tasks
  • moderate arousal for moderate tasks
  • low arousal for difficult tasks
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what is sensory deprivation

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  • sensory stimulation reduced to minimum or eliminated
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what is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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  • range of human motivation
  • motives at each level must be satisfied before higher ones considered
  • physiological needs lowest
  • self-actualization needs highest
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what are the 5 stages of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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  • need for self actualization: need to realize ones fullest potential
  • esteem needs: need to achieve, to gain competence, to gain respect and recognition from others
  • belonging and love needs: need to love and be loved; need to affiliate with others and be accepted
  • safety needs: need for safety and security
  • physiological needs: need to satisfy the basic biological needs for food, water, oxygen, sleep and elimination of bodily wastes
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what are the 2 types of thirst

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  1. extracellular thirst: body tissues lose fluids; perspiring, bleeding, vomiting
  2. intracellular thirst: loss of water from inside body cells (eat salty foods)
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what is hunger in the lateral hypothalamus

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  • activated, signals animal to eat

- destroyed, animal refuses to eat until it adapts

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what is hunger in the ventromedial hypothalamus

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  • satiety centre
  • when active, inhibits eating
  • if removed, experimental animals eat to gross obesity
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what are internal cues for hunger

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  • hunger when brain receives message blood glucose is low
  • insulin from pancreas converts glucose into energy
  • hormone cholecystokinin is satiety signal
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what are external cues for hunger

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  • external factors influence what, where, how much we eat
  • sensory cues of taste, smell, appearance of food
  • palatability of food tempts us
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what are some examples of eating disorders

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  • anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
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what is obesity

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  • excessive fatness, body mass index over 30
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when is higher hormone leptin produced

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  • higher body fat
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what is leptin

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  • a hormone that directly affects the feeding centres in the brain
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what does the lateral hypothalamus do

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  • excites eating
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what is the ventromedial hypothalamus

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  • satiety centre
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what is the stomach

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  • hunger pains and satiety signals
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what are blood sugar levels

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  • low levels signals brain, high levels of regulated by insulin
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what are external factors to hunger

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  • smell, taste, appearance of food, stress
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what are other factors to hunger

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  • time – quest for food at lunch time
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what is the metabolic rate

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  • rate at which body burns calories to produce energy
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what is the fat-cell theory

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  • fatness related to number of fat cells in the body
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what is the set-point theory

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  • internal homeostatic system maintains set-point weight. the weight the body maintains when one is not trying to lose or gain weight. it is affected by fat cells and metabolic rate and influenced by genes
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what are social motives

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  • learn or acquire through social and cultural experiences

- needs to be with others (affiliation), power, achievement

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what is the thematic apperception test (tat)

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  • series of pictures of ambiguous situations
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what is the need for achievement

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  • need to accomplish something difficult
  • need to overcome obstacles, attain high standard
  • hope for success vs fear of failure
  • motivation to avoid failure can cause us to work harder to achieve
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what do high achievers do

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  • high achievers set realistic goals

- high achievers use hard work, ability, determination, persistence

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what do low achievers do

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  • low achievers not willing to take chances

- low achievers set very low goals or impossibly high goals

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what is the physical component of emotions

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  • physiological arousal that accompanies emotion
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what is the cognitive component of emotions

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  • the way we perceive or interpret a stimulus or situation, determines our emotions
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what is the behavioural component of emotions

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  • outward expression of emotions (facial expressions, gestures, body postures, and tone of voice)
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what is the definition of emotion

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  • feeling state
  • physiological arousal
  • cognitive appraisal of situation arousing the state
  • outward expression of state
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what is the james-lange theory

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  • a theory of emotion
  • event, physical response, emotion
  • feel afraid because we tremble
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what is the cannon-bard theory

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  • a theory of emotion
  • feeling of emotion (eg fear) occurs at the same time as physiological arousal (eg pounding heart)
  • one does not cause the other
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what is the Schachter-singer theory

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  • a theory of emotion
  • physiological arousal
  • the cognitive interpretation or explanation before labelling it as specific emotion
45
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what is the lazarius cognitive-appraisal theory

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  • a theory of emotion

- emotions depend on person’s cognitive appraisal that occurs first

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what are basic emotions

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  • unlearned, universal emotions
  • found in all cultures
  • fear, anger, disgust, surprise, joy, happiness, sadness, distress
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what are facial expressions

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  • facial expressions of emotion biologically determined
  • newborns don’t smile
  • facial expressions of emotions develop naturally
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what are cultural display rules

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  • culturally how emotions are expressed, where and when expression is appropriate
  • gender differences
  • sometimes disconnection between felt emotions and emotional expression
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what is emotion as communication

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  • communicate feelings, intentions, needs more effectively than just words alone
  • more likely others will respond
  • by communicating emotions, we motivate others to act
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what is the facial feedback hypothesis

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  • facial expressions of basic emotions are genetically programmed
  • muscular movements in certain facial expressions produce corresponding emotion
  • smiling makes us happy
51
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what is love

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  • deep and abiding affection

- romantic love (passionate love) = intense emotional response

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what are the six styles of love

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  • romantic and passionate
  • friendly
  • game-playing
  • possessive
  • pragmatic
  • unselfish
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what is Sternberg’s theory of love

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  • three components; intimacy, passion, commitment
  • produces seven kinds of love
  • consummate love = all three components; ideal type of love relationship
  • liking = intimacy
  • empty = commitment
  • infatuated = passion
  • romantic = passion and intimacy
  • fatuous = passion and commitment
  • companionate = intimacy and commitment
  • consummate = intimacy, passion and commitment

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