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Motivation & Emotion
Psychology (cengage) chapter 8 ~ motivation & emotion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is motivation? | State in which an organism experiences an inducement or incentive to do something |
| What is a motive? | A hypothetical state within an organism that propels the organism towards a goal |
| Describe a need. | A state of deprivation |
| Describe a drive. | Condition of arousal in an organism that is associated with a need |
| What is an incentive? | An object, person, or event perceived as capable of satisfying a need or something else that is desirable |
| Explain the Evolutionary Perspective. | McDougall & James; theory that motivation is engrained by natural instincts |
| What is the Drive-Reduction Theory? | View that organisms learn to engage in behaviors that have the effect of reducing drives |
| Describe the Humanistic Theory. | Abraham Maslow; suggestion that behavior is not just mechanical but also by conscious growth |
| Who founded Self-Actualization? | Abraham Maslow with the Humanistic Theory |
| What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? | The ordering of needs from basic needs to self-actualization |
| Explain the Cognitive Perspective. | View that people represent the world mentally |
| The state of being satisfied is called what? | Satiety |
| What are the 2 parts of the hypothalamus involved with appetite? | The Ventromedial Nucleus (VMN) & the Lateral Hypothalamus |
| What is the condition in which one fears being overweight & has a distorted body image? | Anorexia Nervosa |
| What is the condition in which one has repeated cycles of binge eating & purging? | Bulimia Nervosa |
| What type of eating disorder is known to cause severe depression? | Bulimia Nervosa |
| Who created the concept of Thematic Apperception Tests? | Henry Murray |
| What is emotion? | State of feeling that has cognitive, physiological, & behavioral components |
| What did Paul Ekman study? | People's facial expressions |
| Explain Positive Psychology. | Focus in personal well-being, joy, satisfaction, happiness, optimism, & hope for the future |
| What is the Facial Feedback Hypothesis? | View that stereotypical facial expressions can contribute to stereotypical emotions |
| What is the James-Lang Theory? | Belief that external stimuli cause us to become mad or scared and we heighten these feelings with our actions |
| What is the Cannon-Bard Theory? | Theory that emotions accompany bodily responses but they are not produced by the responses |
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