Sexual and Social Motivation Flashcards
Involves mating and passing along on e’s genes:
Sexual Desire
Involves attachment with sexual desire:
Romantic Love
Attachment involves the hypothalamus and hormones _____ and _______:
Oxytocin and Vasopressin
Sexual desire involves _____/_____ and estrogen produced by _______:
Androgens/Testosterone; Gonads
Four Stages to Sexual Response Cycle by:
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
- Excitement
- Plateau
- Orgasm
- Resolution
Characterized by sexual arousal and blood moved to genitals:
Excitement Stage
Increased breathing rate, muscle tension, heart rate, and blood pressure; males fully erect:
Plateau Stage
Muscle spasms/contractions in both sexes and ejaculation in males; brain activity increased in both sexes:
Orgasm Stage
Blood leaves genitals and arousal decreases; parasympathetic nervous system:
Resolution Stage
During resolution ___ go into a _____ period during which anoth__er orgasm cannot occur:
Males; longer
Pioneering sex researcher that gained data via interviews:
Alfred Kinsey
Created Kinsey Scale and test:
Alfred kinsey
Desire to meet some internalized standards of excellence:
Achievement Motive
_____ achievers are driven to accomplish goals they have set and see difficulty as a challenge rather than an impediment to success:
High
____ achievers are interested in performance-based goals. They are _____ driven
Low; externally
Created the Thematic Apperception Test to measure motivation:
Henry Murray
Used the TAT to measure achievement motivation:
David McClelland
People with a ____ need for achievement selected moderately challenging tasks first and continued to difficult tasks:
High
Low need for achievement went for ____ tasks then ____ when a challenge was presented:
Easy; quit
Value the group over individual whereas individualistic societies encourage and reward individual success:
Collectivistic Societies
Employees are motivated only by the promise of rewards and threats of punishment:
Theory X
Encourages intrinsic motivation by creating comfortable and stimulating working conditions:
Theory Y
Includes balance and the need to belong:
Social Motivation
Suggest that humans have a need for congruence in their social interactions and that social behavior is motivated by the desire for social balance:
Balance Theory
Who created the Balance Theory:
Fritz Heider
Being torn in different directions by opposing motives that block us from attaining a goal, leaving us feeling frustrated and stressed:
Conflict
Situations involving two positive options:
Approach-Approach Conflict
Situations involving two negative options:
Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict
One situation that has both a positive and negative consequence:
Approach-Avoidance Conflict
Involves several options that have both poisitve and negative asects:
Multiple Approach-Avoidance Conflict
