Motivation and Emotion Flashcards
Model of motivation
- Need: Internal deficiency, causes a drive to fulfil the need
- Response: Action or series of actions designed to attain a goal
- Goal: Target of motivated behaviour; something to work toward
Types of Motives
Primary drive: Unlearned drive, such as hunger, based on a physiological state
Secondary drive: Learned drive, such as ambition
Drive: a state of tension or arousal caused by bodily needs
Yerkes-Dodson Law
If a task is simple, it is best for arousal to be high; if it is complex, lower levels of arousal provide for the best performance
Arousal theory:
- Assumes people prefer to maintain ideal, comfortable, level of arousal
Sensation seeking:
- Trait of people who prefer high levels of stimulation
What is Opponent-Process Theory
Strong emotions tend to be followed by an opposite emotional state
What the common need
Achievement
Affiliation
power
What is Hierarchy of human needs
Maslow’s ordering of needs is based on some needs being more powerful than others and thus will influence a person’s behaviour to a greater degree
Basic need in Maslow’s hierarchy
Ogtsuikiguval, Safety, love and esteem
Types of Motivation
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
How polygraph record as lie detector
heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and galvanic skin response (GSR)
What is James-Lange Theory Emotion
Experience of emotion is awareness of physiological responses to emotion-arousing stimuli
What is Cannon-Bard theory of Emotion
Emotion-arousing stimuli simultaneously trigger physiological responses and subjective experience of emotion
What is Schacter’s Two Factor Theory of Emotion (Cognitive Theory)
To experience emotion, one must be physically aroused and cognitively label arousal
