Motivation, Emotion, and Stress

Question 1

Extrinsic motivation?

Answer 1

based on external circumstances

Question 2

Intrinsic motivation?

Answer 2

based on internal drive and perception

Question 3

Instinct theory?

Answer 3

innate, fixed patterns of behavior in response to stimuli

Question 4

Arousal theory?

Answer 4

the state of being awake and reactive to stimuli, aim for optimal level of arousal for a given task (yerkes dodson law)

Question 5

Drive reduction theory?

Answer 5

individuals act to relieve internal states of tension

Question 6

Maslows hierarchy of needs?

Answer 6

prioritize needs into five categories:

1. physiological
2. safety and security
3. love and belonging
4. self esteem
5. self actualization

Question 7

What are the 7 universal emotions?

Answer 7

happiness
sadness
contempt
surprise
fear
disgust
anger

Question 8

James Lange theory of emotion?

Answer 8

first response- nervous system arousal

second response- conscious emotion

Question 9

Cannon Bard theory of emotion?

Answer 9

first response- nervous system arousal and conscious emotion

second- action

Question 10

Schacter Singer theory of emotion?

Answer 10

first- nervous system arousal and cognitive appraisal

second- conscious emotion

Question 11

Primary appraisal of stress?

Answer 11

classifying a potential stressor as irrelevant, benign-positive, or stressful

Question 12

Secondary appraisal of stress?

Answer 12

directed at evaluating whether the organism can cope with the stress, based on harm, threat, and challenge

Question 13

Stressor (distress or eustress)?

Answer 13

anything that leads to a stress response, can include environmental, social, psychological, chemical, and biological stressors

Question 14

What are the three stages of general adaptation syndrome?

Answer 14

alarm
resistance
exhaustion

Question 15

What happens at the beginning of the alarm stage?

Answer 15

resistance to the stress decreases

Question 16

What happens towards the end of the alarm stage?

Answer 16

resistance to stress is increasing

Question 17

When does resistance to stress reach a peak?

Answer 17

in the middle of the resistance stage

Question 18

What happens during the exhaustion stage?

Answer 18

resistance to stress decreases until panic zone is reached

Question 19

What happens at the end of the exhaustion stage?

Answer 19

breakdown or burnout

Question 20

Self concept?

Answer 20

the sum of the ways in which we describe ourselves: in the present, who we used to be, and who we might be in the future

Question 21

Identities?

Answer 21

individual components of our self concept related to the groups to which we belong

Question 22

Self esteem?

Answer 22

our evaluation of ourselves

Question 23

Self efficacy?

Answer 23

the degree to which we see ourselves as being capable of a given skill in a given situation

Question 24

Locus of control?

Answer 24

a self evaluation that refers to the way we characterize the influences in our lives

• internal- success or failure is a result of our own actions
• external- success or failure is a result of outside factors