Motivation And Emotion

Question 1

The state in which an organism experiences an inducement or incentive to do something

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Motivation

Question 2

Hypothetical states propelling action

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Motives

Question 3

Basis of motivational behavior

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Needs, drives, incentives

Question 4

State of deprivation

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Need

Question 5

A condition of arousal in an organism that is associated with a need

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Drive

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An object, person, or situation perceived as capable of satisfying a need or as desirable for its own sake

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Incentive

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Motivation come from innate, instinctual patterns, neurally “prewired” or programmed, species-specific

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Evolutionary Perspective

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Issues with the Evolutionary perspective?

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Labeling and describing behavior doesn’t explain them

Question 9

The view that organisms learn to engage in behaviors that reduce tension

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Drive - Reduction Theory

Question 10

Primary drives?

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Unmet physiological needs like hunger and thirst

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Acquired needs

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Learned through experience

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Goal of drive reduction theory?

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Homeostasis

Question 13

The tendency of the body to maintain a steady State

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Homeostasis

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McGill University Study

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1950s paid students $20 a day for doing nothing. Placed in a quiet cubicle, blindfolded, wrapped hands and arms. Become bored and irritable. Many quit. Some had trouble concentrating on simple task days after. PEOPLE NEED SIMULATION

Question 15

Theory that we seek to maintain an optimal level of stimulation. Individual levels vary

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Optimum arousal theory

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Emphasizes psychological and cognitive elements in motivation, self actualization, environment is important

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Humanistic Theory

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Emotion and physiological changes occur at the same time

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Cannon-Bard Theory

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Emotions occurs from physiological changes after a stimulus is experienced from the environment

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James-Lange Theory

Question 19

The view that stereotypical facial expressions can contribute to stereotypical emotions - facial expressions can affect our emotional state

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Facial-feedback hypothesis

Question 20

External incentives such as rewards and punishments

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Extrinsic motivation

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Internal factors such as organismic needs, curiosity, fun, challenge

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Intrinsic motivation

Question 22

Components of emotion

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Physiological arousal, Cognitive experience, Behavioral expression

Question 23

The human sexual response cycles

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Excitement, Plateau, Orgasm, Resolution

Question 24

Involved in many aspects of motivations like sex, hunger, and aggression

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Hypothalamus

Question 25

“Stop eating Center” If destroyed it becomes hyperphagic - continuing to eat until it doubles its weight

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Ventromedial Nucleus (VMN)

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“Start eating center” I’d destroyed , it stops eating altogether - aphagic

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Lateral Hypothalamus

Question 27

Any procedure had mimics normal food consumption but where food and drink are not actually digested or absorbed. The process of chewing stimulates the digestive system nerves.

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Sham feeding

Question 28

Regulates eating/feeling satisfied or full

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Satiety

Question 29

Crucial to hunger cues - stomach contractions

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Hunger pangs