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Unit 7
motivation emotion and personality
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Motivation | feelings or ideas that cause someone to go towards a goal |
| drive reduction theory | behavior motivated by biological needs; homeostasis must be maintained |
| primary drives | biological needs (food,water etc) |
| secondary needs | learned drives that help biological needs (money) |
| Arousal Theory | humans look for the optimal level of arousal (riding a roller coaster for the thrill) |
| Yerkes-Dodson Law | we perform better at easy tasks with a high level of arousal; perform worse on high level in difficult situations; perform best with intermediate arousal |
| Incentive Theory | People are motivated by a desire than a need |