Motivation Flashcards
(31 cards)
Instinct Theory
We behave instinctively it may be for survival (unlearned patterns)
Pros- explains commonalities to ancestors
Cons- Humans have few true instincts
Drive reduction theory
Bio need’s push us to do things
Pros- explain motivation
Cons- dose not acount for achivements
Optimal arousal theory
Do things to maintain out ideal level of arousal
Yerkes-Dodsen law
Performance increases with stress only to a certain point beyond which performance will decrease
Abraham mallows hierarchy of needs
Physiological needs- food, water
Safety needs- house comfort
Belonging- you know
Self-actualization- full potential
Self-transcendence- help others
Basal metabolic rate
How much energy we use for basic body functions
Affiliation motive
The need to be with others
Belongingness
Humans need to be part of a group= it release endorphins
Achievement motivation
The need to excel at what we do
James lang
Awareness
Stim ⇨ body arouse ⇨ emotion
Cannon- Bard
Stim ⇨ activation of thalamus ⇨ emotion & body arouseĺ
Schacter-singer/ factor theory
Lable
Stim ⇨ body arousal ⇨ interpret situation ⇨ emotion
Zajanc-Le Dour/ low road
Stim ⇨ emotion ⇨ interpret why
Low in the brain
Cognitive appraisal theory/ High road
Stim ⇨ interpret situation ⇨ body arouse & emotion
Paul ekman’s 6 basic emotions
Disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise
Facial feed back effect
The tendency of facial expressions trigger emotion
Behavior feedback phenomenon
The way you move your body affects your emotion
General adaption syndrome
Process your body goes through when exposed to stress
Alarm
The sympathetic system is activated (hormones)
Increase in heart rate etc
Resistance
Stress over= Heart & blood pressures go back to normal
Stress continues= continues to secret hormones
Exhaustion
Burn out & fatigue
Oponate process theory
When a person is repeatedly exposed to something that causes an emotional response, for example, fear, eventually an opposite emotion will be triggered
Lateral Hypothalamus
stimulation of feeding behavior and arousal
Ventromedial Hypothalamus
causes you to feel hungry. and tells the brain when you are full
