PSYO 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Working Memory, Job Performance, Spatial Visualization Ability

• School: UBC Okanagan, UBC OK
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 121
• Professor: Shirley Hutchinson

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Chapter 8 (part 3) and chapter 10 (part 1) Chapter 8: emotion and motivation - part 3. Males and females both have testosterone and estrogen but in varying amounts (males have more testosterone while females have more estrogen) What the mind wants: psychological motivations vary on 3 dimensions: Ex. eat french fries because they taste good. A(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a pa(cid:455)off, the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e the pa(cid:455)off: extrinsic: take actions that lead to a reward. E(cid:454). floss teeth so (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t get gu(cid:373) disease a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374) att(cid:396)a(cid:272)t (cid:396)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)tic partners. A(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities do(cid:374)"t di(cid:396)e(cid:272)tl(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:396)i(cid:374)g pleasu(cid:396)e, (cid:271)ut lead to pleasu(cid:396)e i(cid:374) ti(cid:373)e. If the(cid:455) pa(cid:455) (cid:373)e to do it, it (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) a fu(cid:374) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455) Activity becomes desirable and promote the behaviors that are discouraged: conscious vs unconscious, conscious: motivations people are aware of, unconscious: motivations people are not aware of. General motivations: actions are easy and are familiar with (ex. hammering a nail)