Motivation and Emotion Flashcards
james lange theory
emotions result from the experience of physiological reactions in the body
-FACIAL FEEDBACK HYPOTHESIS
facial feedback hypothesis
according to hypothesis, the muscles used to create a facial expression trigger your experience of emotion
what motivates your behavior
many factors influence motivation
-some behavior are motivated for their own sake
activating
it stimulates us to do something
directive
it guides our behaviors toward meeting specific goals or needs
sustaining
it helps us behaviors until we achieve our goals or satisfy our needs
differing in strength
motives will differ in strength depending on the person and the situation
need
a state of biological or social deficiency
need hierarchy
an arrangement of needs, in which basic survival needs must be met before people can satisfy higher needs
drive
a psychological state that by creating arousal, motivates an organism to engage in a behavior to satisfy a need
homeostasis
tendency for bodily functions to remain in equilibrium
-the set point indicated homeostasis for the system
arousal
physiological activation or increased autonomic responses (such as increased heart rate, sweating, muscle tension
arousal and perfomance
everyone is motivated to engage based on their own optimal level of arousal
yerkes dodson law
describes the relationship between arousal, motivation, and performance
pleasure
Freud proposed that needs are satisfied based on the pleasure principle
incentives
External objects or external goals, rather than internal drives, that motivate behaviors
incentives affect our motivation to act in
certain ways because we have learned over time that our ACTIONS have CONSEQUENCES
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
a DESIRE to perform an activity because of the VALUE or PLEASURE associated with that activity, rather than for an apparent external goal or purpose
extrinsic motivation
a desire to perform an activity to achieve an EXTERNAL goal that activity is directed toward
types of intrinsic
autonomy, belonging, curiosity, love, learning, mastery, meaning
extrinsic
badges, competition, fear of FAILURE, fear of PUNISHMENT, GOLD STARS, MONEY, POINTS, REWARDS
self determination theory
-in self-determination theory, people are motivated to feel good about themselves
-people r MOTIVATED to feel successful have personal control and develop relationship with others
-EXTRINSIC rewards may reduce the intrinsic value of an activity because they undermine our feeling that we are choosing to do
self-perception theory
-SELDOM aware of our specific motives.
We make inferences about our motives according to what seems to make the most sense