Module 32 Flashcards
Basic Motivational Concepts (9 cards)
What is Motivation?
a need or desire that energizes and directs (or pushes) behavior.
What is Instinct?
a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is unlearned.
What is a Physiological need?
a basic bodily requirement.
What is Drive-Reduction Theory?
the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy the need.
What is Homeostasis?
a tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose, around a particular level.
What is an Incentive?
a positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates (or pulls) behavior.
What is Yerkes-Dodson law?
the principle that performance increases with arousal only up to a point, beyond which performance decreases.
What is the hierarchy of needs?
Maslow’s five levels of human needs, beginning with physiological needs. Often visualized as a pyramid, with basic needs providing the foundation supporting higher-level needs.
What does Arousal Theory attempt to explain?
It tries to explain behaviors that do not reduce physiological needs.
