Unit 7 Flashcards
(50 cards)
What is motivation 7.1
A need or desire that energizes and directs a behaviour toward a goal
what are primal and secondary needs 7.1
Primary needs: Needs for us to survive
Secondary needs: emotional and non-neccessary needs
What is the drive reduction theory of motivation 7.1
A state of tension or arousal caused by biological/physical needs. This Uncomfortable state causes us to engage in drive reducing behaviours
What are drive reducing behaviours 7.1
When we are motivated to engage in behaviour that reduce drives to return our body to homeostasis
What is the incentive theory of motivation 7.1
When we are pulled by incentives to behave in a certain way
What are positive and negative incentives 7.1
positive: preforming an action for a reward
Negative: preforming a action to avoid a type of punishment
What is the overjustification effect (review) 7.1
As extrinsic motivation increases, intrinsic motivation goes down.
What is the arousal theory of motivation 7.1
People are motivated to take actions that either increase or decrease their arousal levels in order to achieve and maintain a personal optimum level of arousal
What are three types of arousal and example 7.1
Physical/biological: climbing a mountain or watching tv
Emotional: gossip and drama or staying out of it
Intellectual: Learning new things or being lazy
What is Yerkes- Dodson Law 7.1
The relationship between arousal and performance. The hypothesis is that too much or little arousal can impede performance.
What happens to the lateral when stimulated 7.2
Promotes eating behaviour through the release of orexin
what happens to the Ventromedial when stimulated 7.2
It promotes satiety or fullness
What is the approach-approach conflict. give an example 7.2
When you have two very desirable outcomes but are having trouble choosing between which
What happens to the Ventromedial when stimulated 7.2
It promotes satiety or fullness
what is the avoidance-avoidance conflict. Give an example 7.2
When you have to choose between two undesirable outcomes
What is the approach-avoidance conflict. Give an example 7.2
When one choice has both desirable and undesirable consequences
What is the double approach-avoidance conflict. Give an example 7.2
When you have to choose between two options both with desirable and undesirable outcomes
What is James Lang’s theory of emotion? Give an example 7.3
That stimulus leads to emotional arousal which then leads to an emotional experience
What is Schachter-singer’s two-stage theory of emotion 7.3
That stimulus leads to physical arousal, which leads to cognitive appraisal, which ends with an emotional experience
What is Cannon-bards theory of emotion and an example 7.3
That stimulus leads to both Physical and emotional arousal at the same time but also independently.
What is lazurus’s theory of emotion and an example 7.3
That stimulus leads to cognitive appraisal and end with both physical and emotional arousal.
What is cognitive appraisal 7.3
When we think about the stimulus before making a conclusion
Can emotions be automatic and examples 7.3
Yes, fear, anger, and surprise.
What is the high road and low road path to an emotional experience 7.3
High: When a stimulus is sent through the thalamus which is processed by the proper cortex and will then be sent to the amygdala to be an emotional experience. Contains emotions that need processing like guilt, happiness, and love.
Low: when the stimulus is sent through the thalamus and still processed by the cortex, but there is an immediate response activating the amygdala which gives us an emotional experience. Contains emotional reactions that are immediate like anger and fear.
