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Unit 6 : Theories of Motivation Flashcards

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Instinct/evolutionary theory

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Behaviors that promote survival

Infants instinct to suck promotes survival

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Drive-reduction theory

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Replaced the instinct theory

Focuses on psychological needs (food + water) leads to a drive (arousal of body) which reduces the need by fulfilling it

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Optimal arousal theory

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Things we do just because they’re exciting. Optimal level needed

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Yerkes Dodson Law

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Performance increases with arousal up to a point

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Hierarchy of needs

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Pyramid of human needs that need to be satisfied in order to move on to the next level need

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Motivation

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Need/desire that directs behavior

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Homeostasis

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Maintain a balanced constant

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Incentives

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Positive or negative environment stimulus that motivate behavior

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Glucose, what happens when low

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Fork of sugar that circulates in blood; major form of energy

When low organs signal brain to eat

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Hypothalamus + glucose

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Blood vessels supply hypothalamus responds to blood levels

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Insulin

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Secreted by pancreas, controls blood glucose

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Ghrelin

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Secreted by empty stomach; sends I’m hungry to brain (growling gremlin)

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Orexin

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Hunger triggering secreted by hypothalamus

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Leptin

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Protein hormone by fat cells; when present causes brain to increase metabolism and lower hunger

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PYY

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Digestive track; says “I’m not hungry anymore”

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Hypothalamus

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Maintains bodies homeostasis + regulates hunger thirst and body temp (contains endocrine system)

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Lateral hypothalamus

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Large hunger, signals that we are hungry

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Ventromedial hypothalamus

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Very minimal hunger, signals that we had enough

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Set point

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Body thermostat our body restores weight back to this point

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Basal metabolic rate

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number of calories you burn as your body performs basic (basal) life-sustaining function.

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Set point + basal metabolic rate =

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Ability to lose and gain weight

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Hunger depends on

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Memory

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Emotion

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Combo of body arousal and expressive behavior

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James Lang

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Arousal before emotion (J before L)

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Cannon bard

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Arousal and emotion at the same gime

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2 factor theory

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Emotion is combo of physical arousal and cognitive evaluation

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Spillover effect

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How emotions from one thing carry on and into another

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Zajonc LeDoux + Lazarus

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Emotions can proceed cognitive label

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High road

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Complex emotions go into sensory and pre frontal cortex

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Low road

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Simple emotions trigger without cortex

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Low spine injury

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No change to emotion

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High spine injury

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Emotions less intense

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Autonomic nervous system

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Mobilize body for action controlling psychological arousal

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Insula

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Neural center deep inside brain activated in social emotions

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Facial feedback effect

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Facial muscle trigger corresponding feelings

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Stressor

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Event that creates stress

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Stress reaction

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Physical and emotional response

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Stress

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Perceive and respond to certain events

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3 stress categories

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Catastrophe, major life changes, daily hassels

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Adrenal glands

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Secrete epinephrine, activate SNS and fight or flight

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Cortisol

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Stress hormone by adrenal glands

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Hans Setle

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GAS ARE

GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROM

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Alarm reaction

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SNS ready to fight use resources

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Resistance

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Temp BP stay high adrenal glands pump, fully engaged

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Exhaustion

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Runs out vulnerable to steess

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Immune system influence

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Endocrine and nervous system

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Immune malfunction

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Attack own health cells and tissues

Underreact and les virus pass by

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Instinct

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Complex unlearned and fixed behavior that is seen throughout species

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