PSYC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motivation, Learned Helplessness, Homeostasis
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Exam 3 (chapters 9, 11, 12) review guide. Definition of motivation: start(directed, continued) of activity to meet physical or psychological needs. The latin word for move : movere. Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation: extrinsic: person performs action because it leads to an outcome separate from the person. Intrinsic: performs action because act itself is fun, rewarding, challenging, or satisfying in some internal manner. Dweck"s self-theories (relation to motivation: nach and personality. View on self: beliefs about own abilities. Internal- have control over what happens in own life. External- lives controlled by powerful others, luck, or fate. Changeable- can be shaped by experiences and effort in small increases, or increments. 1 confidence in themselves or prevent them from trying again with a new strategy. Arousal theory: people are said to have optimal level of tension, relationship between arousal and performance. The optimal level of arousal depends on the difficulty of the task.
