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Emotion and Motivation Flashcards

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a need, desire, or want that serves to activate or energize behavior and give it direction.

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Motivation

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motivations that are willful and we are aware of, thus, we can provide rationale and explanation.

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Conscious motivation

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motivations that we are not aware of

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Unconscious motivation

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a person may manifest negative behavior caused by himself.

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Internal Locus of Control

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The negative behavior to the poor living environment or due to
alcoholism or drug addiction of the parent.

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External Locus of Control

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There is an innate biological force causing an organism to act in a certain way.

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Instinct theory

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organisms attempt to maintain homeostasis by constantly adjusting themselves to the demands of the environment

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Homeostatic theory

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the balance of physical state or equilibrium

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homeostasis

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one resulting from biological needs, known as the innate drive

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Primary drives

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drives that result from operant conditioning and the association with primary reinforcements.

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Secondary drives

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states organisms seek to maintain an optimal level varies from organism to organism.

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Arousal Theory

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people and animals are likely to be activated because they have the tendency to pull toward a specific goal.

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Incentive Theory

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needs are prioritized from physiological to biological, social, and to spiritual.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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needs for food, water, oxygen, and rest; also sexual expression and release from tension

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Biological needs

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need for security, comfort, and tranquility; freedom from fear.

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Safety needs

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need to belong, affiliate; love, and be loved.

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Attachment

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need for confidence in one’s abilities, sense of worth, competence, self-esteem; respect for others

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Esteem

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need for knowledge and understanding, for novelty

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Cognition

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need for order and beauty.

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Aesthetic

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need to develop and fulfill one’s potential; to have meaningful goals

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Self-Actualization

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need for spirituality

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Transcendence

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22
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the sexual or libidinal and aggressive wishes are the primary motivating forces in human life.

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Freudian Concept of Motivation

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self-generated factors such as responsibility, freedom to act, scope to use and develop skills and abilities, etc.

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Intrisinc

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24
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motivations coming from the people around the individual.

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Extrinsic

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This is based on the belief that all behaviors are motivated by unsatisfied needs.

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Needs Theory

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It is the expansion of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. He categorized the needs for Existence , Relatedness , and Growth.

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Alderfer’s ERG Theory

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it is based on Henry Murray’s theory of personality. The 3 most important needs are achievement, affiliation and power

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McClelland’s Needs

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need for competitive success measured against a personal standard of excellence.

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Achievement

29
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need for warm, friendly relationships with others.

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Affiliation

30
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need to control and influence others.

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Power

31
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States the function of motivators and hygiene factors.

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Herzberg’s Two-factor Model

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factors that really motivate people

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Motivators

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factors are dissatisfiers

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Hygiene

34
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Explained why individuals choose to follow certain courses of action in organizations, particularly in decision-making and leadership.

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Expectancy Theory

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This theory could be explained through the identification of the following dichotomies: Mastery/Performance, Described as individual’s desire to become proficient in a certain topic to the best of his/her ability

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Goal Theory

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Pertains to the perception of people about how they are being treated as compared with others. This involves feelings and perceptions as a comparative process

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Adam’s Equity Theory

37
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fairness people feel they are rewarded.

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Distributive

38
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perception of employees about fairness of company procedures.

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Procedural

39
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Behavior is learned from conditioning through operations and learning takes place mainly through reinforcements.

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Behavioral Theory by Burrhus Skinner

40
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Gives significance of reinforcement as a determinant of future behavior, importance of psychological factors.

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Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory.

41
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an explanation of performance after we have invested considerable effort and motivation in a task:

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Attribution theory

42
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Essential for the survival of man for its existence.

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Physiological Motives

43
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Essential for man to function appropriately as a human being.

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Physcological Motives

44
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Enhance the individual’s self-concept.

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Ego-Integrative Motives

45
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privileges and praises

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Incentives motivate learning

46
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allies and peer groups with same interests; strong motivators

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affiliation and approval

47
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a distinct feeling or quality of consciousness, such as joy or sadness.

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Emotion

48
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Is a feeling that is private and subjective.

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Human Emotion

49
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creates emotion

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the mind

50
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determines what people feel about

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Culture

51
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shows primary and secondary emotions

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the body

52
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refers to the theory that emotional feelings follow bodily arousal.

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James-Lange Theory

53
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the theory that proposed that emotional feelings and bodily arousal is both organized by the brain

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Cannon-Bard Theory

54
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The theory assumes that when an individual is aroused; he has a need to interpret his feelings.

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Schachter’s Cognitive Theory of Emotion

55
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it is a strong feeling of displeasure which usually goes with antagonism

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Anger

56
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this is an unpleasant and often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger

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Fear

57
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affected with or expressive of grief and unhappiness

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Sadness

58
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the passion or emotion excited by acquisition and expectation of something pleasurable or good

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Joy

59
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marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful

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Disgust

60
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inquisitive Interest in other’s concerns which usually leads to inquiry

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Curiosity/Interest

61
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taking of unawareness

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Suprise

62
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agreeing either expressly or by conduct to the act

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Acceptance

63
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Combination of primary emotions to yield more complex emotion in different situation

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Mixed Emotions

64
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can help increase your health; improve one’s self concept

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Positive attitude

65
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used in order to communicate and influence others; organize and motivate action; can be self validating

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Emotions

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