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Motivation and Incentive Flashcards

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Incentive is

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external stimuli that motivate behavior, comes without learning

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What drives motivation?

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Homeostasis

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3
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What unconscious instincts does freud says about motivation

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sex and aggression

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In evolutionary theory what drives motivation

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adaptive significance

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5
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pull toward a goal=external stimuli=?

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Instinct

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push toward an action=internal stimuli

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Drive

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If you’re doing something because it brings you fulfillment internally as a reward, you are using a(n)____ motivation

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intrinction

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If you’re doing something because you value an external reward such as an A+ it is a(n)___ motivation

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Extrinction.

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What is Freuds dual instinct model?

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the battle between internal impulses (such as aggression) and socially acceptable means. Using their impulses as a driving force.. example: a lawyer has an impulse to be in control and argue, therefore they use that drive to become a lawyer

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What is Maslows Need Model

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It represents hierarchies of our needs that we feel need to be met in priority. The base being survival and basic needs and the top being our drive to achieve goals.

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What is each level of Maslow’s need model?

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Physiological (food water), Safety/Security, Love+Belongingness, Esteem (reassurance),Cognitive(learning),Aesthetic(beauty),Self Assurance (goal meeting)

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What are the 3 needs in self-actualization theory?

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Competence, Autonomy, Relatedness

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Jenny doesn’t want her job anymore because they don’t let her fulfill her tasks the way she wishes, so she quits and does it herself. This is an example of

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Autonomy Motivation. Getting to do your actions on free-will without external factors interfering

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What influences the direction, how hard you will work for something and how persistent you will be in doing your tasks?

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Motivation

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Which theory explains why some people have more drive to complete the same tasks than others?

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Expectancy theory. People accomplish things for different reasons, some to pass, others for an A. They expect the outcome they are trying to obtain.

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What is basal metabolism?

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The rate at which energy is used to maintain its functions while at rest

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a fixed action pattern is called

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instinct

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18
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According to Walter Cannon: _____ drives motivation

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homeostasis

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An inherited characteristic which produces a fixed response to a fixed stimulus is called a(n)

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instinct

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reducing ___ is the ultimate goal of motivated behaviour

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drive

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21
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What regulates food intake

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Psychological needs, attitudes/mood and habits/culture

22
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define instinct

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complex, unlearned behaviors that have a fixed pattern

23
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define incentive

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the positive or negative stimuli that either entice or repel us

24
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drive-reduction theory

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motivated to maintain balance (homeostasis) between stimulation and relaxation

25
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what is our body’s primary source of energy?

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glucose

26
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what is glucose

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a form of sugar that circulates in our bloodstream to provide energy to body tissues

27
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In hunger, your hypothalamus does what?

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responds to high levels of ghrelin (hunger hormone) and low levels of glucose (body’s main energy supply)

28
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What is Ghrelin

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it is your “hunger hormone” when levels are high, your brain (limbic system) notifies your hypothalamus and responds accordingly

29
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Where in the brain is the Hypothalamus located

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limbic system

30
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Metabolism

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converts food into energy for your body’s tissues

31
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What are the functions of the hypothalamus?

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regulate circadian rhythms, regulate heartbeat, hunger, endocrine system (creates homeostasis throughout the body)

32
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what does your liver do when glucose levels decrease?

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your liver responds by turning stored nutrients back into glucose

33
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____ decreases hunger and is released into the bloodstream by intestines

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CCK (decreases hunger) by making us feel full (satiated)

34
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_____ decreases hunger and is released into the bloodstream by fat cells

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Leptin (decreases hunger) tells the brain you have enough fat stored and therefore do not require more sustenance

35
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_____ increases hunger and is secreted into the bloodstream by the stomach and small intestine

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Ghrelin

36
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___ increases hunger and is secreted by neurons within the PVN of the hypothalamus

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Neuropeptide Y

37
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If john was starving and seen a photo of food and suddenly felt hunger pangs, what occurred?

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ghrelin was secreted by the visual cue of food representing hunger

38
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what does the ob gene do?

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directs fat cells to produce leptin by sending a signal to the brain telling you “you’re full”

39
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what happens to someone with an ob gene mutation?

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Often overeat do to the lack of signals saying “you’re full already”

40
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a mouse is severely obese and eats every 20 minutes. What might be the case?

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he may have an ob mutation gene where he does not secrete leptin.

41
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if a rat were starving and refused to eat no matter what, what part of the brain might be damaged?

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lateral hypothalamus (the “Hunger On” centre)

42
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If shown a picture of food, what part of the brain is likely to activate?

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midbrain structures especially the nucleus accumbens

43
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If shown a picture of food and choose to use self-control and avoid the impulse to eat what part of the brain is likely also activated?

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pre-frontal cortex(self control)

(and visual cortex, correlating to seeing the photos)

44
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brain areas linked to motivation and respond to visual cues (located in the midbrain) are ____

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nucleus accumbens, VTA (ventral tegmental area) and insula. All activated by food cues.

45
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what is the “hunger off” centre

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VMH (ventromedial hypothalamus)

46
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what is the “hunger ON” centre

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LH (lateral hypothalamus)

47
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___ plays a role in satiety, hunger and energy balance

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hypothalamus

48
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approximately ___ canadians are obese or overweight

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2/3

49
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what is the male sex hormone?

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testosterone

50
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what is the female sex hormone?

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estrogen

51
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what theory is determined on achievement itself and the person?

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achievement theory

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