Motivation and Emotions Flashcards
motivation
process that arouses, maintains and guides behavior toward goal
homeostasis
steady internal balance achieved from organisms actively defending set points
set points
core body temp, fluid levels, body weight
drive
state of tension and arousal for survival
drive reduction
relief + reward produced by removing tension and arousal of drive state
intrinsic reward
arises internally
extrinsic reward
from outside source
external hunger cues
time of day, sights/smells, admonitions, social setting
internal hunger cues
bodies are short on nutrients
leptin
secreted by fat cells - help body maintain good lvl of stored fat
satiety
sense of feeling full
- VMH (ventromedial hypothalamus)
- CCK (hormone cholecystokinin) yum
- eating stops, body expends nutrients, higher metabolic activity, VMH suppresses eating behavior
anorexia nervosa
maintenance of unusually low body weight and distorted body image
bulimia nervosa
bingeing, purging + depression, disgust and lost control
binge-eating disorder
eating abnormally large amounts of food in one sitting (lack of control)
affiliation
being associated w/ other people
achievement motivation
desire to excel or outperform others
Yerkes-Dodson law
relationship among task complexity, arousal and performance
- ideal amount of arousal interacts w/ complexity of a task
cerebral hemispheres
left: positive
right: negative
display rule
cultural norm that specifies when, where and how a person should express an emotion
James-Lange theory
physical sensations lead to subjective feelings
Cannon-Bard theory
simultaneous and independent occurrence of physical sensations and subjective feelings during emotional experience
Schachter-singer two-factor theory
general arousal leads to assessment, leading to subjective feelings
SAME
somatovisceral afference model of emotion
- physical sensations from precise to general requires varying degrees of cognitive processing prior to subjective feelings
