Unit 8- Motivation And Emotion Flashcards
Drive
an internal state of tension that motivates and organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension
Motives
Needa wants interests and desires that propel people in certain directions
Drive reduction
Returning to homeostasis
Incentive
External goal that has the capacity to motivate behavior
Where does the motivation lie with drive theories
Within (push)
Where does motivation lie in incentive theories?
External (pull)
Evolution theories
Natural selection based behavior
Affiliation motive
Need for belongingness
What part of the brain regulates biological needs
Hypothalamus
What recognizes fullness
Paraventricular nucleus
What recognizes hunger
Arcuate nucleus
Leptin
Obesity hormone
Ghrelin
Stomach contractions
Insulin
Comes from pancreas and extracts sugar from blood
Desire to perform a behavior for its own sake
Intrinsic
Desire to perform a behavior because of reward
Extrinsic
Need for belongingness
Affiliation motive
What factors maximize reproductive success
Achievement, affiliation, dominance, aggression, sex drives
Arousal theory
People experience both high and low levels of arousal being unpleasant
Body needs
Biological motives
Achievement needs
Social motives
Who discovered relationship between stomach contraction/hunger desire
Walter cannon
Brains hunger on and off
Lateral hypothalamus and ventral hypothalamus
Glucostatic theory
Fluctuations in blood glucose level are monitored in brain and influence hunger
Cells in stomach walls that signal stretching
Vagus nerve
Food cues
Platability
Quantity available
Variety
Presence of others
Being overweight
Obesity