motivation Flashcards
Motivation
the force that moves people to behave think and feel the way they do
instincts
an innate biologival pattern of behavior that is assumed to be universal throughtout a species
drive reduction theory
a theory of learning in which the goal of motivated behavior is a reduction of a drive state
drive
an aroused state that occuts because of a pychological i need
need
deprivation that energies that drive to eliminate or reduce deprivvation
homeostatsis
the body tendency to maintain an equilibrium
primary drives
biological food or water
secondary drives
learned money
optimum arousal theory
a level of mental stimulation at which physical performance, learning, or temporary feelings of well being are maximized
Yerkes Dodson law
Performence is best under conditions of moderate arousal rather than either low or high arousal
opponent process theory
more a person experiences the fear, the less the fear will affect them.
incentives
stimuli that we are drawn to due to learning
literael hypothalamus
involved in reducing hanger and restricting eating (safety/stopping)
set point theory
the weight maintained when the individual makes no effort to gain or lose weight
obesity
a conditioned marked by excess accumulation of body having too much body fat