motivation & emotion

Question 1

satisfaction of needs

Answer 1

motivates a person to engage in behaviors that will help satisfy the need

Question 2

drive reduction

Answer 2

motivates behaviors that will satisfy a certain need, when the need is satisfied, the drive is reduced

Question 3

optimal level of arousal

Answer 3

motivates to engage in behaviors that fit with people’s preferred level of arousal

Question 4

pleasure principle

Answer 4

motivates to engage in behaviors that make people feel good and to avoid behavior that cause pain

Question 5

incentives

Answer 5

incentives, external objects of goals, that motivate behavior

Question 6

maslow hierarchy of needs

Answer 6

bottom to top
physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem, self-actualization

Question 7

homeostasis

Answer 7

tendency for bodily functions that remain in equilibrium

Question 8

setpoint

Answer 8

indicates homeostasis for the system

Question 9

intrinsic motivation

Answer 9

desire to perform an activity because of the value and pleasure associated with that activity rather than to achieve an external goal

Question 10

extrinsic motivation

Answer 10

desire to perform an activity to achieve an external goal, such as receiving a reward

Question 11

what can extrinsic motivation do to motivation?

Answer 11

reduce it

Question 12

what is the self-determination theory?

Answer 12

people are motivated by a desire to feel good about themselves which inspires them to do their most creative work

Question 13

why is the self-perception theory?

Answer 13

people are seldom aware of their specific motives so instead they make inferences about their motives according to what seems to make the most sense

Question 14

why is extrinsic motivation bad for self-determination & self-perception theory?

Answer 14

SD - reduces the feeling that you are choosing to do something for yourself
SP - being reward for engaging in a behavior causes a person to get an alternative explanation for it and without the reward, they have no reason to engage in the behavior

Question 15

glucose

Answer 15

proves the main source of energy needed to keep our bodies alive

Question 16

gherlin

Answer 16

originates in the stomach and is released when they stomach is empty

Question 17

leptin

Answer 17

involved in fat reduction & associated with decreased eating behavior

Question 18

james-lang theory

Answer 18

bodily response are the basis for feeling emotion

Question 19

cannon-bard theory

Answer 19

information about emotional stimuli is sent to the cortex (emotional experience) and the body (physics reactions) at roughly the same time

Question 20

two-factor theory

Answer 20

how a person thinks about and lobes bodily responses in the basis of emotions

Question 21

misattribution of arousal

Answer 21

using the wrong emotion label

Question 22

how are emotions processed?

Answer 22

through the fast or slow paths

Question 23

fast path

Answer 23

quickly travels through the thalamus to the amygdala for priority processing

Question 24

slow path

Answer 24

travels form thalamus to cortical areas that process sensory information and them amygdala

Question 25

what are the different emotion regulation strategies?

Answer 25

suppression, rumination, positive reappraisal, humor, distraction

Question 26

what does thought suppression lead to?

Answer 26

the rebound effect in which a person thinks more about something after suppression than before

Question 27

rumination

Answer 27

involves thinking about, elaborating, and focusing on undesired thoughts or emotions

Question 28

positive appraisal

Answer 28

directly altering emotional reactions to an event by thinking about it in more neutral or positive terms

Question 29

spillover theory

Answer 29

where a person’s attitudes, emotions, skills, and behaviors in one domain flow into the other

Question 30

what makes up of the self-determination theory?

Answer 30

autonomy (feeling one bad choice and willingly endorses one’s behavior), competence, and relatedness

Question 31

what are the three components of emotion?

Answer 31

physical ( emotions are based on physical bodily response), affect (emotions affect thoughts and actions), subjective (each person experiences emotions differently)