Chap 5--Theories of Motivation 5.1

Question 1

Motive

Answer 1

A tendency to desire and seek out positive incentives or rewards and to avoid negative outcomes.

Question 2

Instincts

Answer 2

Innate impulses from within a person that direct or motivate behavior.

Question 3

Drive Reduction Theories

Answer 3

Theories of motivation that propose that people seek to reduce internal levels of drive.

Question 4

Drive

Answer 4

An uncomfortable internal state that motivates us to reduce this discomfort through our behavior.

Question 5

Primary Drives

Answer 5

Drives that motivate us to maintain homeostasis in certain biological processes in the body.

Question 6

Homeostasis

Answer 6

An internal state of equilibrium in the body.

Question 7

Negative Feedback Loop

Answer 7

A system of feedback in the body that monitors and adjusts our motivation level so as to maintain homeostasis.

Question 8

Secondary Drives

Answer 8

Learned drives that are not directly related to biological needs.

Question 9

Self-Determination Theroy

Answer 9

A theory of motivation that proposes that as we pursue the fulfillment of basic needs, we experience different types of motivation that come from both the self and the outside world.

Question 10

Incentives

Answer 10

Goals or desires that we are motivated to fulfill

Question 11

Intrinsic Motivation

Answer 11

Motivation that comes from within the person

–wanting to make good grades or please yourself

Question 12

Extrinsic Motivation

Answer 12

Motivation that comes from outside the person

–wanting to please others or desiring monetary rewards

Question 13

Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 13

Maslow’s theory that humans are motivated by different needs, some of which take precedence over others.