Motivation & Emotion Flashcards
IQ tests traditionally focus on…
Mathematics, Logic, & Verbal reasoning
Two researchers that put forth the idea of Emotional Intelligence
Peter Salovey & John Mayer
The ability to perceive & express emotion, assimilate emotion in thought, understand & reason with emotion, & regulate emotion.
Emotional Intelligence
The importance of emotional intelligence may be related to
Relationship satisfaction & academic performance
Humans spontaneously create goals, & carry out steps to achieve them, what do these goals inspire?
Human behaviour
Many human behaviours are?
Goal-directed
What does goal forming to direct behaviour create ( Involves goal-directed behaviour.)
Motivation
Needs, wants, interests, & desires that propel people in certain directions, to achieve important goals
Motives
There are ______ different approaches/theories to motivation
Three
All three approaches attempt to explain…
How humans form goal-directed behaviours
Drive Theories are based on the concept of
Homeostasis
A state of physiological equilibrium or stability.
Homeostasis
An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension.
Drive
The reduction of internal states of tension that motivate an organism
Drive Reduction
T or F? Drive explains all observations relating to motivation and behaviour
False
An example of behaviour that doesn’t seem to satisfy tension from basic biological needs, but we still observe people doing it
Eating when you aren’t really hungry
Drive-theories are ________ focused
internally
