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Motivation and Emotion Flashcards

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Feelings that influence behavior. These have a physiological and a cognitive component in reaction to an event.

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Emotions

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3 Functions of Emotion

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  1. Prepare for Action
  2. Shaping Behavior
  3. Social Interaction
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3 Theories of Emotions

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  1. James-Lunge Theory
  2. Cannon-Bard Theory
  3. Schacter-Singer Theory
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A theory that explains that emotional experience is a reaction to bodily events occurring as a result of an external situation.

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James-Lunge Theory

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The reaction of the body.

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Instinctual Reaction

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The emotion that the mind feels.

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Emotional Reaction

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It explains that both physiological and emotional experience are produced simultaneously by the same nerve stimulus.

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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It explains that emotions are determined jointly by a nonspecific kind of physiological arousal and its interpretation based on environmental cues.

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Schacter-Singer Theory

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Factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.

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Motivation

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4 Approaches of Motivation

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  1. Instinctual
  2. Drive-Reduction
  3. Arousal
  4. Incentive + Cognitive
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It means that people and animals are born preprogrammed with sets of behaviors essential to their survival.

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Instincts/Instinctual

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It explains that a lack of some basic biological need produces a drive to push an organism to satisfy that need.

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Drive-Reduction

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It explains that people try to maintain a steady level of stimulation and activity.

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Arousal

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It explains that motivation is the outcomes of people’s thoughts, beliefs, expectations, and goals.

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Incentive + Cognitive

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2 types of Motivation

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  1. Extrinsic Motivation
  2. Intrinsic Motivation
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It seeks external rewards not necessarily connected to the task.

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Extrinsic Motivation

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A type of motivation that is for the enjoyment and self-chosen reasons of the task to be done.

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Intrinsic Motivation

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An early psychologist that suggested that there are 18 instincts.

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William McDougall

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The exact amount of distinct instincts discovered by other theorists and one sociologist.

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5,759

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The explanation that suggests people and animals are born programmed with sets of behaviors essential to their survival.

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Instinct Approaches to Motivation

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Theories suggesting that a lack of some basic biological need produces a drive to push an organism to satisfy that need.

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Drive-reduction Approaches to Motivation

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Basic drives such as hunger, thirst, sleep, and sex, are related to biological needs of the body or of the species as a whole.

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Primary Drives

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These are prior experience and learning bring about needs.

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Secondary Drives

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The body’s tendency to maintain a steady internal state.

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Homeostasis

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The belief that people try to maintain a stead level of stimulation and activity.

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Arousal Approaches to Motivation

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An anticipated reward that is motivated by external stimulus.

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Incentive

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Theories suggesting that motivation stems from the desire to attain external rewards known as incentive.

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Incentive Approaches to Motivation

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Theories suggesting that motivation is the outcomes or people’ thoughts, beliefs, expectations and goals.

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Cognitive Approaches to Motivation

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Psychologist that devised the common thread of model of motivation and that each of them fulfilled the highest levels of motivational needs underlying human behavior.

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Abraham Maslow

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A state of self-fulfillment in which people realize their highest potential in their own unique way.

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Self-Actualization

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A theory that suggests that people have the three basic needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness.

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Self-determination Theory

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3 basic needs of Self-determination

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  1. Competence
  2. Autonomy
  3. Relatedness
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It is the need to produce desired outcomes.

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Competence

34
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The perception that we have control over our own lives.

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Autonomy

35
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The need to be involved in close, warm relationship with others.

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Relatedness

36
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Body weight that is more than 20% above the average weight for a person of a particular height.

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Obesity

37
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The most widely used measure of obesity which is based on a ratio of weight to height.

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Body Mass Index (BMI)

38
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It regulate not only the quantity of food they take in, but also the kind of food they desire.

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Internal Mechanisms

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The particular level of weight that the body strives to maintain.

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Weight Set Point

40
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The rate at which food is converted to energy and expended by the body.

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Metabolism

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A level and a kind of sugar.

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Glucose

42
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These are hormones that leads the body to store excess sugar in the blood as fats and carbohydrates.

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Insulin

43
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The hormone that communicates to the brain the feelings of hunger.

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Ghrelin

44
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It monitors the glucose levels and its primary responsibilities is to monitor food intake.

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Hypothalamus

45
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It appears to be designed from an evolutionary standpoint to protect the body against weight loss.

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Leptin

46
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It stated that the presence of too many fat cells from earlier weight gain may result in the set point’s becoming “stuck” at a higher level than desirable.

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Weight-set Point Hypothesis

47
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A severe eating disorder in which people may refuse to eat while denying that their behavior and appearance, which can become skeletonlike, are unusual.

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Anorexia Nervosa

48
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A disorder in which a person binges on large quantities of food, followed by efforts to purge the food through vomiting or other means.

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Bulimia

49
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These are the quickest and easiest to pay off, and the sense of accomplishment from each of these little victories adds to the motivation to tackle the next challenge.

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Snowball Effect

50
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A behavior where bulimia sufferer’s often induce vomiting or take laxatives to rid themselves of the food.

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Purging

51
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A stable, learned characteristic which a person obtains satisfaction by striving for an achieving challenging goals.

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Need for Achievement

52
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The most frequently used measuring instrument wherein examiner shows a series of ambiguous pictures and tells participants to write a story that describes what is happening.

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Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

53
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An interest in establishing and maintaining relationships with other people.

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Need for Affiliation

54
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A tendency to seek impact, control, or influence over others and to be seen as a powerful individual.

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Need for Power

55
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A feeling of pleasure over another person’s difficulties.

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Schadenfreude

56
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A Japanese experience or a mood of vulnerable heartache colored by frustration.

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Hagaii

57
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A Tahiti experience or a feeling of reluctance to yield to unreasonable demands made by one’s parents.

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Musu

58
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It is suggested that for every major emotion, there is an accompanying physiological or “gut” reaction of internal organs.

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Visceral Experience

59
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The activation of a set of nerve impulses that make the face display the appropriate expression.

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Facial-effect Program

60
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The hypothesis that facial expressions not only reflect emotional experience but also help determine how people experience and label emotions.

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Facial-feedback Hypothesis

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