PSY 110 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Stage Fright, Parachuting, Reward System

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: Ray Winters

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Motivation - general desire or willingness to do something activation - decision to initiate a behavior. 1: persistence - continued effort toward a goal. 3. intensity - concentration that goes into pursuing a goal. Pull of a goal is its incentive value (the goal"s appeal beyond its ability to ll a biological need). Behaviors are based on a mixture of internal needs and external incentives. According to arousal theory: stimulus motives are homeostatic. Increases or decreases in arousal initiate attempts to return arousal to its normal level arousal theory - we all seek optimal level of arousal. When level is above we feel overstimulated and emotionally distressed. Increase in predictability in their lives to minimize uncertainty. Stress is not something people try to avoid or decrease - sometimes they want to increase stress level to increase arousal. Lazarus model of emotion: event > appraisal of personal meaning of event > emotional reaction.