PSYC 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Emotion Classification, Self-Actualization, Homeostasis
25 Sep 2018
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The force that moves people to behave, think, and feel as they do. Basic needs must be met before higher needs can be satisfied. Self actualization: motivation to develop to our fullest potential. Motivation not from deficiency, but from self-fulfillment: competence: able to bring about desired outcomes, relatedness: warm relations with others, need to belong, autonomy: independence and self-reliance, free choice in behavior is key! Intrinsic motivation: organismic needs + enjoyability, key to achievement, extrinsic motivation. Emotional experiences are often a motivating force for behavior. Emotion is a feeling, or affect that can involve physiological arousal, conscious experience, and behavioral expression. 3 main theories: james-lange, cannon-bard, two-factor theory (schachter-singer) Stimuli arousal feeling (leading to physiological response and leading to emotion) See emotion as primitive and instinctual, thus at odds w/ rational thought & reason. Same reactions can come from different stimuli. E. g. , if incr. heart rate, how do you know it"s anger vs. fear, etc.
