PSYO 1012- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 26 pages long!)

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1012
• Professor: Dr. Mackinnon

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Psyo unit 2: motivation, hunger and sex, motivations for things are varied, most human actions have multiple causes, what is motivation-drive reduction model, the urge to (cid:373)o(cid:448)e to(cid:449)ards o(cid:374)e"s goals to a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)plish tasks, need. Inherently biological state of deficiency that compel drives: drive (push, perceive state of tension that occurs when our bodies are deficient in some need. Self determination theory: extrinsic motivation: performing actions for external reinforcement or to avoid punishment. Intrinsic motivation: self-reinforcing experiences, no outside motivation or incentive is needed. Insulin: produced by pancreas, transports glucose out of blood into the cells, promotes satiety (fullness, bottomless soup bowl, demonstrates the role of visual cues in hunger and eating. Semantics: meaning of words and combinations of words in a language. Pragmatics: the rules associated with the use of language across social situations (vous vs tous in french) (formal vs informal)