Chapter 9: Motivation & Emotion Flashcards
Psychological process where needs and wants are met through activities
Motivation
Performs an action leads to outcome separate from or external to the personal
Extrinsic Motivation
Performs an action leads to act itself being rewarding in some eternal manner
Intrinsic Motivation
Biologically determined behavior in humans and animals (innate)
Instincts
Behavior arises from internal drives; pushes organism to satisfy physiological needs
Drive-Reduction Theory
A requirement that is essential for survival
Need
The motivation an organism receives to fulfill need and reduce tension (psychological & physical arousal)
Drive
Needs of body (hunger and thirst)
Primary Drives
Learned through experience (need for money and social approval)
Acquired (Secondary) Drives
Body maintains a steady state
Homeostasis
People have satisfied their lower needs and achieved full human potential
Self-actualization (Abraham Maslow)
Person temporarily achieves self-actualization at some point in their life
Peak Experiences
Social context of action has effect on type of motivation existing; Theory
Self-determination Theory (SDT)
The key to achieving one’s needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness?
Support from others around you
Reduces glucose in bloodstream (pancreas; fats, proteins, carbs)
Insulin
Increases glucose in bloodstream (pancreas; fats, proteins, carbs)
Glucagon
Signals hypothalamus that body has had enough food; reduces appetite, increases feeling of full
Leptin
Influence eating when insulin levels go up (rats stop eating to point of starvation)
Lateral Hypothalamus
Stops eating response when glucose levels increase (eat and eat causing overweight)
Ventromedial Hypothalamus (VMH)
Controlled by levels of glucose, insulin in body, which controls eating behavior
Hypothalamus
Level of weight body tries to maintain
Weight Set Point
Rate at which body burns while organism is at rest
Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
Person reduces eating to a low body weight; BMI 18.5 (eating only a grain of rice)
Anorexia Nervosa
Person “binge” eats and takes unhealthy precautions to avoid weight gain (force vomiting)
Bulimia Nervosa
