UNIT 7: MOTIVATION, EMOTION,PERSONALITY Flashcards
Instinct Theory
“The Evolutionary Perspective”
People are motivated to
behave in certain ways
because they are
evolutionarily/genetically
programmed to do so
with survival instincts
Incentive Theory
We are pulled into action
by—positive or negative—
outside incentives
Yerkes-Dodson Law
Increased arousal can
help improve
performance, but only up
to a certain point. At the
point when arousal
becomes excessive,
performance diminishes
Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs
Abraham Maslow
suggested that people
are motivated by a
hierarchy of needs
● Bottom-Up, Psychological
needs, safety needs,
belongingness & love
needs, esteem needs, self
actualization
Self-efficacy
Is a person’s belief in their
ability to succeed in a
particular situation
Hypothalamus
Most of the
biological feeling of hunger
comes from this brain
structure
Lateral hypothalamus
(LH) “Hungry”
The “on”
button for eating. If
stimulated, causes you to
feel hunger
Ventromedial
hypothalamus (VMH)
“Full”
The “off” button for
eating. when stimulated,
makes you feel full
Intrinsic Motivation
Behavior that is driven by
internal rewards
(autonomy, mastery,
purpose)
Extrinsic Motivation
Behavior that is driven by
external rewards such as
money, fame, grades, and
praise
Overjustification Effect
Phenomenon in which
being rewarded for doing
something actually
diminishes intrinsic
motivation to perform that
action
Approach-Approach
Conflict
Conflict within a
person where he or she
needs to decide between
two appealing goals
Avoidance-Avoidance
Conflict
Making a decision
between two equally
undesirable choices
Approach-Avoidance
Conflict
Conflict involves
making decisions about
situations that have both
positive and negative
consequences
Sexual Response Cycle
(William Masters &
Virginia Johnson 1966)
Stages humans go through
during sexual interaction
Display Rule
A social group or culture’s informal norms about how to
appropriately express
emotions
Common-Sense Theory
Theory in which a
stimulus leads to an
emotion, which then leads
to bodily arousal through
the autonomic nervous
system
James-Lange Theory
Emotions occur as a result
of physiological reactions
to events
Facial Feedback
Hypothesis
Facial
expressions are connected
to experiencing emotions
Cannon-Bard Theory of
Emotions
Suggests that
the physical and
psychological experience
of emotion happen at the
same time and that one
does not cause the other