Unit 7 - Motivation, Emotion, Personality

Question 1

Motives

Answer 1

Specific need/desire that energizes behavior and directs it towards a goal

Question 2

Emotions

Answer 2

Fear, Anger, Happiness, Sadness

Question 3

Do humans have instincts?

Answer 3

No :)

Question 4

Biological Drives (Primary)

Answer 4

Fight or flight, or drives that push us to stay alive like sex, hunger, and thirst

Question 5

Homeostasis

Answer 5

Regulation of the body, which keeps it alive

Question 6

Secondary Drives

Answer 6

Learned drives like success, wealth, and fame

Question 7

What is peak motivation?

Answer 7

When primary and secondary drives are used together

Question 8

Incentives

Answer 8

Environmental cues that trigger a motive for a reward

Question 9

General Types of Rewards

Answer 9

INtrinsic and EXtrinsic

Question 10

Intrinsic Motivators

Answer 10

Motivation from inside an individual (stronger than external)

Question 11

Extrinsic Motivators

Answer 11

Motivation from external/outside awards (money/grades)

Question 12

Drive Reduction Theory

Answer 12

Physiological need that creates a primary drive (drinking water to be less thirsty) (homeostasis)

Question 13

Arousal Theory

Answer 13

Some of us tend to want more or less arousal at a given time

Question 14

Yerkes-Dodson Law

Answer 14

If you want to perform well at a task you have to look at the difficulty of the task and your arousal

Question 15

Maslow’s Hierarchy

Answer 15

Physiological, Safety, Belongingness, Esteem, Self-actualization

Question 16

What monitors the level of fluids inside cells?

Answer 16

Hypothalamus

Question 17

What does Leptin do?

Answer 17

High levels signal the brain to reduce or increase appetite

Question 17

What activates thirst?

Answer 17

Low fluid levels in the hypothalamus, and incentives

Question 17

What activates hunger?

Answer 17

Contractions in stomach send signals to the brain, low glucose levels, and incentives.

Question 17

What does Serotonin do?

Answer 17

Acts as an appetite suppressant

Question 18

Set-Point Theory

Answer 18

There is a control system in everyone that dictates how much fat they should carry.

Question 19

Does dieting always make you lose weight?

Answer 19

NO

Question 20

How does the sympathetic nervous system react with stress?

Answer 20

Prepares us to deal with crisis and stress.