PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder
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Motivation is: psychological drives that propel us in a specific direction, an inner state that energizes people toward the fulfillment of a goal, ex. Wanting to sleep vs. wanting to achieve: ex. Motivations can go against one another-can be conflicting: approach: approach conflict. Conflict between 2 things that you want: avoidance: avoidance conflicts. Conflict between 2 things that you want to avoid: approach-avoidance conflicts. Conflict between 1 thing that you want and 1 thing you want to avoid. What is in the environment and what you think about (ex. Imagining your future, reflecting on your past, etc. : often assess emotion via facial expressions. The definition of emotion is up for debate and there are competing definitions. What is an emotion: mental state of feeling associated with out evaluation of our experiences. How pumped up am i: a complex, multicomponent episode that creates a readiness to act. An emotion is a process that happens over time.
