Chapter 9: Motivation And Emotion

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Incentive Value:

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(incentive theory of motivation) Goals appeal beyond its ability to fill a need

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Primary Motive:

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innate (inborn) motives based on biological needs that must be met for survival

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Stimulus Motive:

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innate needs for stimulation and information

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Secondary Motive:

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Based on learned needs, drives and goals

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**Hypothalamus:

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brain structure; regulates many aspects of motivation and emotion, including hunger, thirst and sexual behaviour

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Feeding System:

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area in the hypothalamus that, when stimulated, initiates eating

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**Satiety System:

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area in the hypothalamus that terminates eating

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Neuropeptide Y:

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a substance in the brain that initiates eating

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Glucagon-like Peptide:

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a substance in the brain that terminates eating

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Anorexia:

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-body weight below 85% of normal for one’s height and age. –refusal to maintain body weight in normal range. –intense fear becoming fat or gaining weight, even though underweight. –Disturbance in ones body image or perceived weight. –Self-evaluation is unduly influenced by body weight. –denial of seriousness of abnormally low body weight. –absemse of menstrual periods. – Purging behaviour (vomiting or misuse of laxatives or diuretics)

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Bulimia Nervosa:

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-Normal or above-normal weight. –Recurring binge eating. – Eating within an hour or two an amount of food that is much larger than most people would consume. – Feeling a lack of control over eating. – Purging behaviour (vomiting or misuse of laxatives or diuretics). – Excessive exercise to prevent weight gain. –Fasting to prevent weight gain. –Self-evaluation unduly influence by body weight.

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Non-Homeostatic Drive:

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a drive that is relatively independent of physical deprivation cycles of bodily need states.

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Estrus:

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changes in animals that create a desire for sex; females in heat

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Estrogen:

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A female sex hormone

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Androgens:

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Male hormones

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Sexual Script:

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An unspoken mental plan that defines a “plot” dialogue and actions expected to take place in a sexual encounter

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Intrinsic Motivation:

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Motivation coming from within, not from external rewards; based on personal enjoyment of a task

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Extrinsic Motivation:

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Based on obvious external rewards, obligations, or similar factors

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Autonomic Nervous System (ANS):

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Neural system that connects brain with internal organs and glands

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Sympathetic Branch:

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Part of ANS that activates body for emergency action; at the time of stress

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Parasympathetic Branch:

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Part of ANS that quiets the body and conserves energy

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**Parasympathetic Rebound:

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Overreaction to intense emotion; excess activity in the parasympathetic nervous system following a period of intense emotion

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Emotional Intelligence:

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Combination of skills, including empathy, self-control, self-awareness, sensitivity to feelings of others, persistence and self-motivation

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Some skills required to be emotionally intelligent Include:

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Self-awaress, empathy, managing emotions, understanding emotions, emotion.

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Self-awaress:

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emotionally intelligent people are tuned in to their own feelings

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Empathy:

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Empathetic people accurately perceive emotions in others and sense what others are feeling

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Managing Emotions:

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Involves an ability to manage your own emotions and those of others

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Understanding Emotions:

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Emotions contain useful information

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Using emotion:

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Use feeling to enhance thinking and decision making