Motivation and Emotion unit 4-part 1

motivation

a need or desire that serves to engerize and direct behavior

instinct theory

believed our motivation was/came from our instincts as humans

evoulationary theory

an act used to increase survival of ourselves and our genes

Drive-Reduaction theory

physiological needs creates physiciolgical drives

Homeostasis

keeping a steady internal and emotional state

incentive theory

our behavior is driven by a pull from an external stimuli

optimal arosusal theory

we do things to experience optimal levels of stimulation

Yerks-Dodson Law

we tend to perform best a moderate levels of arousal

Maslows Hierarchy

Simple needs of motivation

physiological needs

hunger, thirst, warmth

Safety needs

shelter,security,feeling of safety

Belonginess and love

avioding loneliness, form relationships, acceptance

Esteem needs

achivement recognition respect

self acuatilzation

self fullfilment, being the best you can be

Lewins motivational conflict theory

psychological conflicts caused by choices

approach-approach

two good choices

avoidance-aviodance

two bad choices

Approach-Avoidance

single option with postive and negative elements

Body Chemistry

keeping insulin and glucose in balance glucose is always present insulin changes

Grehlin

in the stomach makes you hungry

orexin

in the laterl hypothamlus makes you hungry

Leptin

in fat cells tells you you are not hungry

PYY

Digestive tract tells you that you aren’t hungry

Set point

a particular weight the mind tires to keep at by triggering and suppressing hunger

metabolic rate

engergy used at rest

social networking

reate online identities, interact with others, and share content, functioning as virtual communities

TAT test

thought reflect the level of achievement motivation

High Achivement Motivation

a desire for diffuclut but attabliable tasks

Low Achievemnt Motivation

a desire for easy for very diffuclut tasks

Where does achievement motivation come from?

parents supporting independence, instinct motivation, and goal setting

task leadership

orginize direct, goal focused

Social leadership

mediate, team building, delegate

Emotions have 3 main prongs

physiological arousal, expressive behavior, and concious experience

Yerks-dodson Theory of Arousal

we tend to do things at an moderate levels of arousal

Polygraph test

physical arousal tying into the “truth” of our emotions

Nonverbal communication

often rveals our emotions, picking up on nonverbal cues helping us understand others emotions

Facial feedback

facial muscles state triggers emotion

Catahrsis

a emotional realase can happen with many emotions

feel good, do good phenonon

exactly what it says

oppenent process theory of emotion

oppiste emotion lessens the inesity of the original Emotion

Adapatiton level phenomenon

emtions is relative to previous experience , adjust to new normal

Relative deprivation pirncliple

emtions are based on what around us

James-Lange theory

physicogical aorusal is key to emtions (1st arousal-2nd emtion)

Cannon Bard Theory

emtion and physoiogical arousal happen at same time

Schachter Two-Factor affect

cognntion is involved along with physiological emtions (emtions=Physical arousal+Cogintion level)