PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Work Motivation, Binge Eating, Job Enrichment
16 Dec 2016
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Emotion: emotions are positive or negative affective states. Consist of cognitive, physiological, and behavioral reactions to events that have relevance to our goals. Emotions are responses, while motivators are stimuli to action. Emotions: eliciting stimuli biological factors: we come equipped to respond to stimuli that may have evolutionary significance learning: previous experiences can effect current emotional experiences the nature of emotions: Four common features of emotions emotions are responses to eliciting stimuli emotions result from cognitive appraisal of the stimuli bodies respond physiologically to stimuli emotions include behavioral tendencies, including expressive behaviors and instrumental behaviors. Happiness: psychological process: downward comparison promotes increased satisfaction, while upward comparison promotes dissatisfaction. Feel good, do good phenomenon: people are more likely to help others when they feel good. Adaptation level principle: our conceptualization of happiness or satisfaction is relative to our previous experiences. Relative deprivation principle: our conceptualization of happiness is not only defined by our past experiences, but also relative to others attainments.
