PSYC 1010 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 - Motivation and Emotion

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Motivation has 2 components: goal-directed behaviour (environment, drive/arousal (from within) Drive theories something inside you pushes you to do something. Organisms seek to maintain homeostasis (psychological stability: hull s concept of drive was based on this observation. e (probability of a response) = d (drive) x h (habit strength how well practised a particular response is) When arousal is too high or too low, we try to attain an optimal level and keep it at a. Eysenck said: extraverts have biologically-determined high levels of arousal, introverts have biologically-determined low levels of arousal. Your level of arousal is maintained by the reticular activating system (ras) What motivates people to engage in dangerous/risky behaviour: solomon s opponent process theory if there is too much of a swing to one pole of emotion, the opponent process will kick in. 2 types of motives: approach motives (to gain something good, avoidance motive (to avoid something bad)

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13. According to Freud, what motivates much of human behavior is A) the expected outcome of the behavior combined with the subjective value of that outcome B) the subjective interpretation of physiological arousal C) the battle between unconscious impulses struggling for release and psychological defenses used to keep them under control D) the consequences of a given behavior E) an intrinsic striving for self-actualization

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13. According to Freud, what motivates much of human behavior is of that A) the expected outcome of the behavior combined with the subjective value outcome B) the subjective interpretation of physiological arousal C) the battle between unconscious impulses struggling for release and psychological defenses used to keep them under control D) the consequences of a given behavior E) an intrinsic striving for self-actualization

22. The theories of Richard Lazarus and Stanley Schachter are similar because both A) propose that emotion is caused by unconscious conflicts B) propose that extrinsic reward decreases intrinsic motivation C) propose that emotional expression is culturally determined D) propose that cognitive appraisals are an essential component of emotional experience E) all of the above

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