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extrinsic motivation example |
if you visit grandma, ill fill up your gas tank |
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intrinsic motivation |
a person performs an action because the act is fun, challenging, or satisfying in an internal manner |
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extrinsic motivation |
a person performs an action because it leads to an outcome that is separate or external to the person |
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Instincts |
biologically determined patterns of behavior that is the same thoughout the whole species |
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Intrinsic motivation example |
running makes you feel good inside, |
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Insticts example |
bears hibernating in the winter, salmon swimming upstream |
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Need |
a requirement of some material such as food or water that is essential for the survivial of the organism |
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Drive |
a psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there is a need that motivates the organism to act in order to fulfull the need and reduce the tension |
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Primary Drives |
needs of the body that are unlearned |
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Primary Drives example |
hunger, thirst, sex |
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Acquired (secondary) drives |
learned through experience sor conditioning, such as the need for money or social approval |
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Homeostatis |
the tendency of the body to maintain a steady state (your body's balance) |
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Leptin |
hormone that signals the hypothalamus lthat the body has had enough food and reduces the appetite while increasing the feeling of being full |
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Weight Set Point |
the particular level of weight that the body trieds to maintain |
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) |
the rate at which the body burns energy when the organism is resting |
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Social Cues |
cultral customs, food preferences, use of food for comfort |
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Obesity |
the body weight of a person is 20% or more over the ideal body weight for that persons height |
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Biological Cause of Obesity |
heredity, hormones, slowing metabolism with age |
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Need for Acheivement |
strong desire to succeed in attaining goals
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Need for Affiliation |
need for social interactions and relationships with others |
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Need for Power |
the need to have control or influence over others |
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Yerkes-Dodson law |
performance is related to arousal |
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Easy tasks require what level |
high-moderate level |
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Difficult tasks require what level |
low-moderate level |
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Stimulus motive |
unlearned but causes an increase in stimulation |
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Stimulus motive example |
curiosity |
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Amygdala |
emotional center of the brain |
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Facial Expressions |
display rules |
