Unit 1 Flashcards
What are the 7 behavioral expressions of motivation and emotion
Effort
persistence
latency
choice
probability of response
Facial expressions
bodily gestures
Effort
Exertion put forth during a task. Pecentage of total capacity used
Pesistence
Time between when a behavior first starts until it ends
Latency
Duration of time a person waits to get started on a task upon first being given an opportunity to do so
Choice
When presented with two or more courses of action, preferring one course of actin over the other
Probability of reponse
Numer of occasions that the person enacts a particular goal-directed response given the total number of opportunities to do so
Facial expressions
Facial movements such as wrinkeling the nose, raising the upper lip and lowering the brow
Bodily gestures
Bodily gestures such a learning forward changing posture
Types of engagement
Behavioral, emotional, cognitive and agentic
Agentic engagement
Their active contribution to the class
5 psychophysiological expressions of motivation
Hormonal activity,
cariovascular
Ocular
Electrodermal
Skeletal
Hormonal activity
Chemicals in saliva or blood, like cortisol or catecholamines
Cardiovascular activity
Contraction and relaxation of the heart and blood vessels as reaction to an attractive incentive
Ocular activity
Eye- behavior - pupil size
Electrodermal activity
Electrical changes on the surface of the skin
Skeletal activity
activity of the musculature
Advantages of self report
- Directly assesses individual perception and experiences
- Easy to administer to many indivuals
- Can target specific motivational aspects
What are challenges and limitatins of Self report
- Discrepancy between self-reported motivations and actual behavior
- Inconsistencies between stated feelings and physiological indicators.
Feelings
Subjective, verbal descriptions of emotional experience
Arousal
Bodily mobilization to cope with situational demands
Purpose
Motivational urge to accomplish something specific at that moment
Expression
Nonverbal communication of our emotional experience to others
What are external events
Environmental, social and cultural offerings that affect a persona’s internal motives
What do social contexts include
general situations like a classroom, workplace climate
