Motivation Flashcards
What term is given to A drive that stems from the biological needs of an organism. Also called primary drive.
Physiological Drive
What are the biological drives of humans
Hunger, Thirst, Maintenance of a 98.6 degree temperature
True or false, Brain favours tastes of food that contain nutrients we lack
True
What are some bodily factors affecting hunger
Stomach stretching sends impulses to brain via vagus nerve to reduce level of hunger
Food in intestine stimulated release of cholecystokinin (CCK)
Wolkowitz (1990)
Insulin Induces feelings of hunger
True or False, Hunger depends more on insulin that decreased blood sugar levels
True
What is the name of the hormone used to decrease levels of hunger
Cholecystokinin
What factor in the brain affects hunger
Ventromedial Hypothalamus
Lateral Hypothalamus
True or False, If the Ventromedial Hypothalamus is destroyed, eating will be induced
True
What two factors affect the Hypothalamus
Marijuana and Depression
How does the Lateral Hypothalamus implicate stimulating hunger
Orexin secretions
What hormone is secreted on an empty stomach, thus increases hunger
Ghrelin
What hormone is secreted by fat cells, to decrease hunger levels
Leptin
What hormone is secreted by the pancreas to increase hunger
Insulin
True or false, Hunger depends more on insulin that decreased blood sugar levels
True
What has the same intensity of a sex drive due to similarities from interaction of the biological and psychosocial experiences
Hunger
Who created the instinct theory that suggests, Humans are guided by a variety of instincts, including instincts for “aggression”, “curiosity” and “gregariousness
McDougall
Who created the theory that suggests, everything we do, every thought we have, and every emotion we experience has one of two goals: to help us survive or to prevent our destruction.
Freud
Who created the theory that suggests, human behaviour depends on learning not heredity
John B. Watson
What theory suggests that A need caused by physiological deprivation, such as lack of food or water, induces a state of tension called a drive, which motivates the individual to reduce it (Hull,1943)
DRIVE-REDUCTION THEORY
What theory was dominated in the 1940s and 1950s
Drive- Reduction Theory
What theory suggests that people are motivated to do things because of external rewards.
Incentive Theory of Motivation
How is the incentive theory different from most theories
Incentive theory instead suggests that we are pulled into action by outside incentives.
That theory of motivation suggest that Humans are driven to achieve their maximum potential and will always do so unless obstacles are placed in their way.
Humanistic theory
What theorist illustrated the Humanistic theory of motivation
Abraham Maslow
What Theorist studied that the behavioral effects of three needs: Achievement, Power and Affiliation
McClelland’s Achievement Motivation Theory
What theory suggests performance is best under conditions of moderate arousal rather than either
OPTIMUM AROUSAL THEORY, Yerkes- Dodson
What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law
For each of us there is an optimal point of arousal, typically near the middle of the curve
