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24 Cards in this Set
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Motivations |
Feelings or ideas that cause us to act toward a goal |
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Instincts |
Automatic behavior performed in response to specific stimuli |
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Drive Reduction Theory |
Behavior is motivated by biological needs A drive is our impulse to act in a way that satisfies this need Hunger=Drive Eating=Reduction/homeostasis |
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Primary Drives |
Biological Needs Thirst and Hunger |
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Secondary Drives |
Learned Drives Money, Clothes, Cars |
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Arousal Theory |
High levels of arousal=high excitement behavior Low levels of arousal=low excitement behavior |
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Opponent-Process Theory of Motivation |
When you are at a normal, or baseline, state. We might perform an act that moves us from the base state, such as smoking a cigarette |
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Incentives |
Stimuli that we are drawn to due to learning We learn to associate some stimuli with rewards and others with punishment, and we are motivated to seek the rewards |
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
We will act to satisfy biological needs like survival and safety. Then we will act to satisfy our emotional needs like love and self-esteem. Finally, once the previous goals have been met, we will want to attain our life goals like satisfaction and self-actualization, a need to fulfill our unique potential as a person |
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Lateral Hypothalamus |
Involved in hunger Stimulate=Eat Destroy=Starvation |
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Set-Point Theory |
Hypothalamus wants to maintain a certain optimum body weight |
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Bulimia |
Eating large amounts of food and puking |
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Anorexia |
Starvation |
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Obesity |
Overweight |
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Achievement Motivation |
Examines our desires to master complex tasks and knowledge and to reach personal goals |
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Extrinsic Motivators |
Grades, Salaries, Tips |
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Intrinsic Motivators |
Goals |
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Approach-Approach |
Choosing between two desirable outcomes |
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Avoidance-Avoidance |
Choosing between two undesirable outcomes |
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Approach-Avoidance |
Event has both attractive and attractive and unattractive features |
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James-Lange Theory |
Feel emotion because of biological changes caused by stress |
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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion |
Biological change and the cognitive awareness of the emotional state occur simultaneously |
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Two-Factor Theory |
Both our physical responses and our cognitive labels combine to cause any particular emotional response |
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General Adaption Syndrome |
A.R.E. Response to stressful situation |
