Motivation & Emotion

• Intrinsic Motivation

  • Doing something for its satisfaction without recognizing the consequences
  • Ex. Me hitting my vape
• External Motivation

  • Doing something to attain something, for the consequence
  • Ex. Me doing my homework
• Incentive Theory

  • Behavior is driven by anticipation of rewards
  • Ex. Earning money from working
• Optimum Arousal Theory (Yerkes-Dodson Law)

  • People are motivated to reach an optimal level of arousal
  • Where they feel alert but not stressed
  • Ex. Studying for a test NOT the night before
• Approach-Approach Conflict

  • Two equally attractive options you must choose between
• Avoidance-Avoidance Conflict

  • Must take one so choose the lesser of two evils
• Approach-Avoidance Conflict

  • Difficult to decide because situations have pros and cons
  • Ex. Me wanting a boyfriend right now
• Lateral Hypothalamus

  • Makes you hungry

  Ventromedial Hypothalamus

  • Feeling full
• Set Point

  • Body's individual level of weight and metabolism
• James Lange Theory

  • Physical response and then an emotion
• Cannon-Bard

  • Emotions and physical responses happen at the same time
• Schachter-Singer 2 Factor

  • Physcial response + cognitive labeling = understanding of emotion
• Opponent Process

  • How we see colors
  • Red-Green: One channel is sensitive to red light and insensitive to gree light
  • Blue-Yellow: One channel is sensitive to blue light and insensitive to yellow light
  • Black-White: This channel contrasts black and white
• A substance that can act directly on brain receptors to stimulate thirst?

  Angiotensin
• Tht hypothalamus does what?

  Regulates homeostasis
• Type A:

  • Competitive
  • Sense of time urgency
  • Elevated feelings of anger
• Type B:

  • Low level of competitiveness
  • Low preoccupation
  • Easygoing attitude