Chapter 10 - Motivation and Emotion

what are motives?

what are motives?

needs, wants, interests, and desires that propel people toward a specific behavior

what is motivation?

a set of factors or motives (internal and external) that cause an individual to behave a certain way

or

the psychological feature that arouses us to action toward a desired goal and elicits, controls, and sustains certain goal directed behaviours

what are the four motivational theories? (4)

• drive theories

• incentive theories

• evolutionary theories

• humanistic theories

what is need?

a deprevation that energizes the drive to eliminate or reduce the deprevation

what is drive?

an internal state of tension that occurs because of a physiological need

what is the drive theory of motivation?

physiological need creates an aroused state that drives the organism to satisfy the need

pushed by our internal needs to reduce drive

ex. need (for water) > drive (thirst) > drive-reducing behavior (drinking water)

what is incentive?

positive or negative stimulus that has the capacity to motivate behaviour

ex. A+ on a test, money, food

what is the incentive theory of motivation?

regulation by external stimuli

pulled by external incentives that lure / repel us

what is the evolutionary theory of motivation?

motivation aimed at promoting survival of the individual’s genes, maximizing reproductive success

what is the humanistic theory of motivation?

people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other, more advanced needs

what is maslow’s hierarchy of needs? (5)

what type of satisfaction matters more in wealthy nations?

home-life satisfaction

what type of satisfation matters in poorer nations?

financial satisfaction

what is self-determination theory?

a theory concerned with the motivation behind the choices that people make without any external influence and interference

focuses on the degree to which an individual’s behaviour is self-motivated and self-determined

what are the three innate psychological needs proposed in the self-determination theory? (3)

• need for competence (succeeding at tasks)

• need for autonomy (having a choice)

• need for relatedness ( mutual respect and reliance with others)

what is extrinsic motivation?

when an activity is done to attain some seperable outcome (doing an activity because of its instrumental value)

ex. getting paid, avoiding punishment

what is intrinsic motivation?

engaging in an activity for it’s inherent satisfaction

ex. drawing, sport (for the fun, not the award)

what is the facial-feedback hypothesis?

our body tells our brain how we are feeling, and our brain tells our body how we are feeling, “bi-directional influence”

what are the 5 theories of emotion? (5)

• common sense theory

• james-lange theory

• cannon-bard theory

• schacter’s two-factor theory

• evolutionary theory

what is the common sense theory of emotion?

emotion then arousal

“I tremble because I feel afraid”

what is the james-lange theory of emotion?

arousal then emotion (stimulus causes emotion)

“I feel afraid because I tremble”

what is the cannon-bard theory of emotion?

arousal and emotion at the same time

“The dog makes me tremble and feel afraid”

what is schacter’s two-factor theory of emotion?

arousal then look to external cues to decide what to feel (interpretation of arousal causes emotion)

“I label my trembling as fear because I appraise the situation as dangerous”

what is the evolutionary theory of emotion?

emotions promote survival, natural reactions, arousal is the emotion

what is arousal spill over?

our arousal response to one event can effect our response to a subsequent event

we can experience emotions from one thing, and then attribute that emotion to another thing

there is a link between ______ / _______ and overeating.

heightened arousal / negative emotion

where in the brain is hunger regulated? (2)

the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH)

where in the brain is hunger controlled? (2)

arcuate nucleus and paraventricular nucleus

what does the arcutate nucleus in the brain do?

contains a large group of neurons that are sensitive to incoming hunger signals, and another group of neurons that respond to satiety signals

what two hormones effect hunger signals? (2)

leptin and insulin

what are the three environmental factors that govern eating? (3)

• the availability of food

• learned preferences and habits

• stress

what is sensory-specific satiety?

as you eat a specific food, its incentive value declines

what is one of the most important determinants of food intake?

social cues based on the behaviour of others

most of the evidence on biological influences on sexual behaviour come from what?

animal research

as we go up the phylogenetic scale (rats > primates > humans), biological influences are ______.

reduced

what are the four stages of the sexual response cycle? (4)

1. excitement

2. plateau

3. orgasm

4. resolution

what is the gender gap in orgasm consistency?

men seem to reach orgasm more reliably than women

what is the parental investment theory?

theory that states a species mating patterns depend on what each sex has to invest - in terms of time, energy, and survival rate - to produce and nuture offspring

what does the parental investment theory predict about men and women?

it predicts that men will show more interest in:

- casual sexual activity

- variety in sexual partners

- willingness to engage in uncommited sex

what is a criticism of the evolutionary explanation of sexual behaviour?

observed gender differences could be due to social factors

ex. societal suppression of female sexuality, women may value male’s economic and material gains because their own economic potential has been limited

researchers found elevated rates of lesbianism among women exposed to unusually high ______ levels during prenatal development

androgen

what are some biological theories for sexual orientation? (3)

• genetic predisposition

• prenatal hormones

• anatomical differences (anterior hypothalamus)

what are environmental theories explaining homosexuality? (2)

• freudian theories

• behaviourists

biological influences on sexual behavior are due to _____ , ___ in men and ______ in women.

hormones ; androgens ; estrogens

female sex drive is the strongest when?

during the ovulation period of the menstrual cycle