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1
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Human behavior is invariably ______ toward certain goals.

A

Directed

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2
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The term_______is a broad term
covering all the factors that direct and

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Motivation / energize behavior

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3
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The study of motivation in psychology is
crucial to a full understanding of
_____

A

Behavior

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4
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Motives can be at work on a
______ level.

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Subconscious

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5
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motivated behavior leads to a
____

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Goal

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Characteristics of Motivated Behavior

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Motivated Behavior is Instigated, is Directional, is Selective, is Homeostatic

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What characteristics of motivation is

The instigator can either a deficit within the organism or some external object that triggers the behavior.

A

Instigated

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Characteristic of Motivation

Once a motivated behavioral sequence has been set off, the behavior carries a person toward o away from something. It leads to a goal

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Directional

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A motivated individual is sensitive to those parts of the world that have a relevance to his needs.

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Selective

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A motivated individual is sensitive to those parts of the world that have a relevance to his needs.

This aspect of motivated behavior implies that such a behavior is _____ and ______

A

Adaptive and flexible

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as long as the need is not satisfied, the tension created by the need situation will continue to energize the person. But once the goal has been reached the behavior changes. The restlessness ceases, at least for a while, and the organism gives behavioral signs of satisfaction.

A

Homeostatic

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12
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The term frustration comes from Latin word “_____” meaning ___.

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Frustra / in vain

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It refers to a condition in which a person seeks to attain a goal, but discovers that his way to the goal is blocked by a barrier.

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Frustration

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14
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a motivational-affective state that on its turn can instigate behavior.

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Frustration

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15
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2 Kinds of Behavior

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Motivated and Frustration
-Instigated Behavior

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Characteristics of Motivated Behavior

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Goal-Directed
Adaptive- if one approach does not work, try again
Pro-active - future

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Characteristics of Frustration-Instigated Behavior

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Frustration fixates behavior- i dont like it anymore

Rigid - person does not even think of another alternative goal

Re-Active - frustrating experience

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18
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T/F

Motivated behavior is not always and not necessarily a manifestation of the same motivating factor.

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True

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Three levels of Motives

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the biological motives,
the psychological motives,
the existential motives

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20
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The basic human drives on_____ aim at the continuance of the biological life. These drives are directed towards a state of physiological well being, towards the preservation and development of biological life.

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the biological level

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21
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A satisfaction of these biological drives is a necessary for _____. Among these biological drives are:
§ Hunger
§ Thirst
§ Need for oxygen
§ Need of constant body temperature

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Biological survival

22
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Eating and Weight Issues

A

Obesity - 20%
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge-Eating Disorder
Hunger

23
Q

Psychosocial Motives

A

Affliation Need
Need to be Someone

24
Q

A person experiences a need for others. He feels the need to be with them. He needs them for communication, support, friendship, and acceptance.

A

Affliation Need

25
Q

Frustration of Affliation Needs results in a ____

A

Feeling of Loneliness

26
Q

In the midst of his social contacts, a person wants to be fully himself in his unique, irreplaceable identify among the others. He wants to be approached and appreciated in his individuality and his personal worth.

A

Need to be someone

27
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True or False

“you can only be someone when you are not someone for someone else.”

A

False

28
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What Motive is

The basic human drives on biological level aim at the continuance of the biological life. These drives are directed towards a state of physiological well being, towards the preservation and development of biological life.

A

Biological Motives

29
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The ____ need, even though it is biologically conditioned, belongs therefore more to the group of the psychosocial needs because it occupies a central position in the realm of interpersonal relationships.

A

Human Sexual

30
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it occupies a central position in the realm of interpersonal relationships.

A

Human Sexual Motives

31
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What Motive is

A man is a being who asks questions about his own existence.

A

Existential Motives

32
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The awareness that his ______is ____ into a reality that is greater than he himself is, gives meaning to his ______. It guarantees his – so to speak – _____.”

A

historical existence / integrated / personal existence / existential survival

33
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This is the highest level in the hierarchy of human motivation, and it is best possible that some people never ask these questions and never reach this level.

A

Existential Motives

34
Q

_____ gives the most satisfactory answer to these fundamental life questions.

A

Religion

35
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The Most Comprehensive Answer

A

Therefore, the universally observed religious behavior is not an expression of a kind of ‘religious drive or motive’. It ought to be considered as one of the possible answers to this fundamental need for existential integration.

36
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Types of Understanding Motivation

A

Intrinsic And Extrinsic

37
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actions are rewarding or sstistyng in and ot themselves

A

Intrinsic

38
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actions ate performed because they lead to some sort ol external outcome

A

Extrinsic

39
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Process by which activities are started, directed and continued so that physical and psychological needs or wants are met

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Understanding Motivation

40
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biologically determined/innate patterns of behavior

old approach: ____ are mainly descriptions, not explanations;
idea that some behavior is hereditary remains an important focus

A

Instinct

41
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Drive Reduction of Understanding Motivation

A

Need - requirement for something essential

primary drives - survival needs

Acquired Secondary Drives - learned through Experience

42
Q

________ have
been highlighted in some
theories (e.g., McClelland)

A

Psychological needs

43
Q

McClelland Theory

A

nAch
nAff
nPow

44
Q

_____ suggests that the need for achievement
is linked to a person’s view of self (fixed or
changeable) and locus of control

A

Dweck

45
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Arousal In Understanding Motivation

A

Arousal Theory

46
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theory suggests people have an optimal
level of tension that they work to maintain

A

Arousal Theory

47
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Need for cognitive stimulation

A

Arousal

48
Q

Things that attract or lure people into action, most often due to rewarding properties

A

Incentive

49
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Based in part of principle of learning

A

Incentive

50
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Based primarily on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Humanistic

51
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Three Universal Need

A

Autonomy, competence, relatedness,

52
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Theory on three universal needs

A

Self-Determination theory

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