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Chapter 9

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Motivation The process by which activities are started , directed , and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met
Extrinsic Motivation Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because it leads to an outcome that is sepertated from or external to the person
Intrinsic Motivation Type of motivation in which a person performs an action because the act itself is rewarding or satisfying in some internal manner
Instincts The biologically determined and innate patterns of behvaior that exist in both people and animals
Need A requirement of some material such as (food or water) that is essential for survival organism
Drive A psychological tension and physical arousal arising when there is a need that motivated the organism to act in order to fulfill the need and reduce the tension
Primary Drive Those drive that involves needs of the body such as hunger and thirst
Acquired (Secondary) Drive Those drives that are learned through experience or conditioning, such as the need for money or social approval
Homeostasis The tendacy of the body to maintain a steady sate
Need for Achievement A need that involes a srong desire to succeed in attaining goels, not only realistic ones but also challening ones
Need for Affiliation The need for friendly social interactions and relationships with others
Wants Our desires
Stimuls Motive A motive that appears to be unlearned but causes an increase in stimulation, such as curiosity
Arousal Theory Theory of Motivation in which people are said to have an optimal level of tension that they seek to maintain by increasing or decreasing stimulation
Yerkes Dodson Law levels of arousal
Sensation Seeker someone who needs more arousal than the average person
Incentives Things that attract of lure people into action
Self-Actulization According to Maslow , the point that is seldom reached at which people have sufficently satisfied the lower needs and achieved their full human potential
Peak Experience According to Maslow times in a person's life during which selfactulization is temporarily achieved
Self-Determination Theory Theory of Human motivation in which the social context of an action has an effect on the type of motivation existing for the action
Emotion The feeling aspect of consiousness,charaterized by a certain physical arousal a certain behavior that reveals emotion to the outside world and inner awareness of feelings
Display Rules Learned ways of controlling display of emotions in social settings
Common-Sense Theory I'm shaking because I'm afraid
James-Lange Theory I'm afraid becasue I'm shaking
Cannon-Bard Theory I'm shaking and feeling afraid at the same time
Schachter-Singer Theory This snarling dog is dangerous and that makes me afraid
Facial Feed Back Emotion that assumes that facial expression provide feedback to the brain concerning the emotion being expressed, which in turn causes and intensifies the emotion
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