Week 10-Motivation Flashcards
(27 cards)
Motivation:
activates a specific goal-directed behavior
hunger, thirst, sex, escape, money, power
Achievement motivation
The drive to perform at high levels and to accomplish significant goals.
Approach goal
Avoidance goal … procrastination
Self-determination theory
ability to achieve goals and attain psychological well-being is
influenced by the degree to which they are in control of the behaviours necessary to
achieve those goals.
Self efficacy
An individual’s confidence that he or she can plan and execute a course of action
to solve a problem
Motives (3 types)
Intrinsic
motives (self-determined)
Extrinsic
motives
Amotivational
Affiliation Motivation
The need to be with others (friends, family, spouse, etc.)
Aroused when people feel:
Threatened
Anxious
Celebratory
Evolutionary Perspective:
Social bonds were/are important for survival and
reproduction
Motives definition
The needs, wants, interests, and desires that propel or drive people in
certain directions.
Biological Motives
Hunger
Thirst
Sex
Sleep
Excretory
Social Motives
Order
Achievement
Play
Autonomy
Affiliation
Homeostasis is the process of
maintaining relatively stable internal
states, balance or equilibrium.
Incentive theories propose
individuals are often
motivated by positive goals
Environmental
motivation (not as
much homeostasis,
more outside factors
Intrinsic motivation:
individual’s internal goals (e.g. doing well in
something an individual is passionate about)
Extrinsic motivation:
goal is external (e.g. doing well in something to
lead to a job)
Push vs. Pull theory –
- Internal states of tension push people certain directions.
- External stimuli pull people in certain directions
Drive theory –
Biological internal
motivation
(homeostasis)
Humanistic Theory –
Maslow’s Theory of Hierarchy of Needs
-instinct and drive-reduction theories are too mechanical and fails to account for all
human motivation.
People are also motivated by the conscious desire for personal growth and artistic
fulfillment.
Sometimes drive to fulfill social/personal desires (needs) outweighs drive
to meet basic needs
Maslow – a humanistic psychologist-
people are willing to tolerate pain, hunger, and other kinds of tension to
achieve their artistic or political or personal goals
Maslow thought that
striving to become something or to do
something meaningful in one’s life is essential for humans
Arousal –
level of alertness, wakefulness, and
activation caused by activity in the Central
Nervous System
Yerkes-Dodson Law
We usually perform most activities best when
we are moderately aroused
Primary drives
States of tension or arousal arising from a biological need.
Not based on learning.
Internal cues
Blood glucose too low = signal sent to brain, stimulate hunger.
Blood glucose too high = insulin converts glucose into energy. High insulin causes hunger
(C C K) Hormone = satiety signal, limits food intake
External Cues
Trigger internal hunger cues, sight/smell of food can trigger Insulin release.
Eating with others vs alone.
Palatability of food tempts us
