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motivation
factors that energize and direct behavior
needs
primary factors that direct motivation
instincts
fixed patterns of behavior common to all members of a species, center around basic biological needs
need to belong
persistent drive to form relationships
parasocial relationships
forming relationships with fictional characters
drives
psychological states that encourage behaviors to satiate needs
drive reduction theory
needs>arousal>drives us to reduce arousal, goal=homeostasis
self determination theory
two types of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic)
intrinsic
self motivated and internally generated
extrinsic
incentive motivated and externally generated
autonomy
self directed
self efficacy
your perceived ability
self regulation
ability to abstain from impulse in the interest of longterm goals
affect
automatic evaluation
mood
long lasting feeling
emotion
specific feelings based on:
physiological response
subjective evaluation
cognitive interpretation
James-Lange Theory
physical experience leads to emotion (facial feedback hypothesis)
Cannon-Bard
physical and emotional experiences occur seperately
Schacter two-factor theory
arousal and cognition, you feel an emotion and your brain tells you what it is (epinephrine experiment)
misattribution
bridge experiment
display rules
what it is o.k. to show
somatic markers
emotions key us in to events, function as drive states
counterfactuals
alternatives to what happened
upward counterfactuals
imagining a better possible outcome
downward counterfactual
imagining a worse possible outcome
personality
an individuals characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting
id
unconscious, operates on impulse, pleasure principle
superego
preconscious, operates on the morality principle
ego
conscious, operates on the reality principle
repression
suppressing unconscious thoughts
reaction formation
reacting against one's own unsatisfied impulses (homophobia)
humanistic theory
mentally healthy people, believed people are fundamentally good, emphasized personal growth
traits
stable characteristic patterns of behavior
conscientiousness
self disciplined, organized, careful
extraversion
social, outgoing
neuroticism
worried, insecure
agreeableness
trusting, helpful
openness to new experiences
imaginative, variety, independent
social-cognitive theory
interaction of person and environment
internal LOC
you are responsible for outcomes
external LOC
situation determines behavior
strong situation
high rules, aware others are evaluating us
weak situation
low rules, care less about others, allow personality to come out
reflexive consciousness
self knowledge
interpersonal self
relates to others, public self awareness, concerned with gaining acceptance
agentic self
the self's decision maker
self schema
framework of beliefs about the self concept
self-serving bias
take credit for success but blame failure on circumstance
avoidant attatchment
little distress at separation and little pleasure at reunion
anxious/ambivalent attachment
distressed at separation but indifferent or hostile at reunion
secure attachment
easy to get close to others, not too dependent
avoidant attachment
avoid closeness
anxious attachment
insecure, possessive, and jealous
assimilation
interpreting new info in terms of existing schemas
accommodation
adjusting current schemas to make sense of new info
sensorimotor
exploring and sensing the world, lack of object permanence (peek-a-boo)
preoperational stage
words and symbols used to represent objects, lack concept of conservation (more pieces=more even though they may be smaller and therefore less)
concrete operational stage
can grasp logical rules grounded in experience and reality, basic math, transitive inference
formal operational stage
can reason abstractly, can evaluate logical propositions independent of personal experience