01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Abraham Maslow

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr. Brynildsen

Document Summary

Motivation: factors that direct and energize behavior. Hierarchy of needs: ascends from basic biological needs to more complex psychological motivations. Self-actualization: to find self-fulfillment and realize one"s potential. James-lange theory of emotion: physical arousal causes emotion. First, we experience physiological arousal or behavior in response to stimuli. Cannon-bard theory of emotion: physical arousal and emotion happens simultaneously. Two-factor theory of emotion (schachter & singer): we interpret physical arousal and then label it as an emotion. Dutton & aron, 1974: participants approached on wobbly bridge or stable ground to induce arousal, then had the option to call an attractive woman. Act of forming a facial expression elicits the corresponding emotion. Confederate behaved in angry or happy way.