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Motivation and Emotion
motivation
the force that moves people to behave, think, and feel the way they do
intrinsic motivation
motivation based on internal factors such as organismic needs (competence, relatedness, and autonomy), as well as curiosity, challenge, and fun
extrinsic motivation
motivation that involves external incentives such as rewards and punishments
drive-reduction theory
as drive becomes stronger, we are motivated to reduce it
drive
an aroused state that occurs because of a physiological need
need
a physical or biological deprivation that energizes the drive to eliminate or reduce the deprivation
Yerkes Dodson law
the psychological principle stating that performance is best under conditions of moderate arousal rather than either low or high arousal
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
human needs must be satisfied in the following sequence: physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization
self-determination theory
Deci and Ryan’s theory asserting that all humans have three basic, innate organismic needs: competence, relatedness, and autonomy
self-regulation
the process by which an organism effortfully controls its behavior to pursue important objectives
emotion
feeling, or affect, that can involve physiological arousal (such as a fast heartbeat), conscious experience (thinking about being in love with someone), and behavioral expression (a smile or grimace)
universal facial expressions
anger, contempt, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise
display rules
Sociocultural standards that determine when, where, and how emotions should be expressed
facial feedback theory
The idea that facial expressions can influence emotions and reflect them
circumplex model of mood
arousal=activity level and valence= level of pleasantness
process model of emotion regulation
sequence in which our emotions are triggered and then responded to
identification
identifying need to regulate emotions
selection
selections among options
implementation
implementation of strategy
Oliva Espin
Born in Santiago De Cuba in 1938. She won 4,000 dollars on a game show and decided to travel. Graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida in 1974 with her Ph.D. in psychology. She brought together psychology, sociology, politics, and religion to look at gender, sexuality, language, and race. Looked at the psychology of immigrant and refugee women, Latina Psychology, and women and sexuality across cultures.
