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Motivation and Emotin Flashcards

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Biological Motives

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Based on survival needs

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Stimulus Motives

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Express a need for information and stimulation

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Learned Motives

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Used to attain power, connect to others and achievement

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Instinct Theory

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Innate and consistent patterns of complex behavior performed the same way by every member of a species

  • eating
  • drinking
  • finding shelter
  • reproducing
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Fixed Action Patterns

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Instinctual behaviors that must be completed once started

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Evolutionary Psychology

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A Psychological approach that tries to explain mental and physical traits (memory, language, perception, personality) as adaptions to the environment

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Drive Reduction Theory

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suggest humans are motivated by needs, drives, responses and goals

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Need

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An internal deficiency that creates a drive

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Drive

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An energized emotional state that pushes on toward a response; hunger is an internal need; this creates a drive to reduce that hunger by eating.

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Primary Drives

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Drives Associated with survival

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Secondary Drives

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Drives that help us resolve primary drives

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Incentive Theory

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“Pulling” behaviors. External.

  • Social Forces
  • Cash/Money
  • Romantic Relationships
  • Exhilarating experiences
  • Fame/Infamy
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Arousal Theory

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People and animals are motivated to perform in order to maintain a desired level of physiological arousal.

  • If arousal is too high, people will be motivated to relax.
  • If arousal is too low, people will be motivated to seek simulation
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The Yerkes-Dodson Law

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Developed by Robert Yerkes and John Dodson and explains optimal arousal and performance

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Self-Actualization Theory

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Supported by psychologist of the Humanistic Approach
HUMANISM- believes that all people have a desire to grow and become better versions of ourselves; the most positive perspective of psychology

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Maslow said that the needs must be met and must be met in order, you cant simply “jump” ahead on the steps of the pyramid. Although needs don’t need to be met 100% to move on. All people are capable of becoming self actualized, but fewer than 2% of the population does

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Motivation and Hunger

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Researcher A.L. Washburn swallowed a balloon to find out how stomach pangs affect hunger. He learned that we do feel hunger when our stomachs contract. Hunger is also regulated by neurons in the Hypothalamus int he brain.

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On Switch

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An empty stomach will release the hormone Ghrelin into the blood stream. The body produces more Ghrelin when its under weight and less when its over weight

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Lateral Hypothalamus

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Releases hormone Orexin, Which motivates eating behavior. Lateral Hypothalamus = Large Hunger
If LH is damaged one will not experience hunger and Orexin can not be released.

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Off Switch

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Adipose cells in the body release the hormone Leptin into the blood stream.

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Ventromedial Hypothalamus

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detects leptin and the reduces the sensation of hunger
VHM regulates Satiety
If the VHM is damaged or removed one will not experience fullness as the VHM can not process the signal by the leptin

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Obestatin

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hormone that sends “I’m Full” signal to the Hypothalamus.

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Peptide

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Hormone released by the digestive tract that sends an “I’m not Hungry” signal to the hypothalamus

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Glucose

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Type of suger or energy that comes from ingested food; passed through the blood stream

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Insulin

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Hormone released by the pancreas which regulates levels of blood glucose

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Hypoglycemia

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having low levels of glucose in the blood

-results in high body temp. increases heart rate, chills, shakes and irritability

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Hyperglycemia

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having high levels of glucose in the blood stream

-results in extreme thirst, nausea, difficulty seeing, confusion and drowsiness

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Set point

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weight range in which that specific body will perform at its best without any effort
-Different for everyone

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Basal Metabolic Rate

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the rate of energy expenditure when the body is at rest

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Conditioning

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Certain stimuli can be associated with food, such as a specific time for eating, specific people, locations and emotions

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Obesity

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While the body does have a set point it can be reset with new eating habits. there are numerous health conditions that are associated with obesity including; heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer.

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Motivation and Sex

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human sexuality is a product of a complex web of connections that bridge psychological , physiological and socio-cultural factors.

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Human Sexual Response Cycle

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consists of a series of physical stages exhibited in different ways by both sexes during physical activity.
-4 phases; Excitement, Plateau, orgasm, resolution.

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Sexual Orientation

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the stable pattern of attraction to members of a particular sex.
- can incorporate behavior, attraction and identity.

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Heterosexual

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expressing attraction to members of the opposite sex

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Homosexual

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expressing an attraction to members of the same sex.

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Bisexual

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Expressing an attraction to members of either sex.

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asexual/nonsexual

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generally no specific attraction expressed

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ignorance

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Surveys indicate that young people overestimate their knowledge of sexual health.

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Approach-Approach Conflict

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to have to chose between two desirable options.

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Avoidance -Avoidance Conflict

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to have to choose between two undesirable options.

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Approach- Avoidance Conflict

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to have to choose between goals that have both desirable and undesirable qualities.

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multiple Approach -Avoidance conflict

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to have to choose between multiple options each holding positives and negatives.

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achievement motivation

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what drives people to achieve goals in life.

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High achievers

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people motivated to accomplish goals they have set themselves.

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