PS264 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Endocrine System, Reward System, Olfactory Bulb
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Chapter 1 themes in the study of motivation. Define: motivation: simply to be moved, we assume that there is a cause for every behavior. Approach behaviour: to do something out of want or desire. Avoidant behaviour: do something to avoid something else. Can be defined in term of a specific goal. Arousal: mobilization or activation in preparation of actual behaviour is an indicator of the amount of energy that is being made available for action. Not always more efficient: physiological arousal. Muscle tension: autonomic nervous system (invoountary) The radioactive particles concentrate in those areas of the brain that have the highest blood flow or highest utilization of glucose. radioactive substance are injected in a persons blood) Needs fmri oxygen flow information to produce an image showing the degree of activity in a particular region uses energy waves: without direction survival is impossible. Goals give rise to action & create tensions.
