PSYC 1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Insulin, Psychoeducation, Avolition

• School: UCSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1
• Professor: B E N S T O R M, M A U R E E N C A L L A N A N, K I M C A R D I L L A

Document Summary

An inner state that energized people toward the fulfillment of a goal (the process involved in starting, directing, and maintaining physical and psychological activities: understand drive, arousal, and incentive theory and be able to identify examples. Drive theory : physiological needs arouse tension that motivates people to of each. satisfy the need (reduce the tension) ) i am motivated to eat so that i can reduce the tension. Arousal theory : people are motivated to achieve and maintain an. ) football players hype each other up before a big game to. Incentive theory : people are motivated to behave in ways that produce a. If performance of arousal is too low or too high, then it will impair/inhibit your performance. Arousal theory = motivation theory: understand the meaning of extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and be able to identify examples of each. Intrinsic motivation : (internal) going to class because i want to learn.