CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sexual Stimulation, Vaginal Lubrication, The Heart Beats

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Joseph Harris

Document Summary

Motivation & emotion: definitions, motivation - internal processes that serve to activate, guide, and maintain our behavior. In laymen terms you could say it is how much you want to do something: emotion - these are complex reactions we have and consist of (1) physiological component (bp, ), (2) subjective cognitive state (joy, anger, etc. ), and (3) expressive reactions (facial expressions, posture, etc: related concepts - emotions and motivation are closely related. For example, if your girlfriend or boyfriend just broke up with you, you may feel depressed. Your motivation to do your homework may therefore be decreased. Theories of motivation: instinct theory - this is the most basic theory that proposes that we are motivated to act in certain ways because we are born with an innate predisposition to act that way. We are aggressive because we are born with an aggressive instinct. An instinct is believed universal in a species.