Motivation
When a person performs an action because the act itself is rewarding or satisfying in some internal way.
What is intrinsic motivation?
A certain physical arousal, a certain behavior that reveals the emotion to the outside world, and an inner awareness of feelings.
What are the three components of emotion?
A learning process that focuses on voluntary behavior and the effect of consequences on behavior. (rewards and punishments)
What is Operant Conditioning?
The time difference between the Conditioned Stimulus and the Unconditioned Stimulus. The shorter the more likely conditioning will occur.
What is Latency?
Our tendency to cling to our beliefs even when evidence proves us wrong.
What is belief perseverance?
A Humanistic approach to Motivation. States that there are 8 groups of needs that need to be met, in order.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
The part of the brain involved anger and fear. (fight or flight)
What is the Amygdala?
In Operant Conditioning this type of consequence can strengthen the response or make it more likely the behavior will recur.
What is Reinforcement?
The extension of a conditioned response from the training stimulus to similar stimulus. Not able to discern between stimuli.
What is Stimulus Generalization?
A representative or most commonplace example of a concept.
What is a prototype?
A theory of motivation where people are believed to have an ideal level of tension that they seek to maintain by increasing or decreasing stimulation.
Ex. a procrastinator
What is the Arousal Approach?
Social and cultural rules that regulate when, how, and where a person may express or suppress emotions.
What are display rules?
In Classical Conditioning - the stimulus that elicits a response without conditioning.
What is Unconditioned Stimulus?
The neutral stimulus transitions to the _____________ stimulus in classical conditioning.
What is conditioned stimulus?
The biggest cultural factor in intelligence.
What is socio-economic status?
According to McClelland and the Drive Reduction Approach the 3 drives we are most motivated to satisfy.
What are Power, Affiliation and Achievement?
Brain cells that fire when a person sees someone else carrying out an action. Involved in empathy and reading other people's emotions.
Ex. When you see a spider crawling up someone else's leg, you feel crawly.
What are mirror neurons?
A learning process in which an association is made between a previously neutral stimulus and a stimulus that naturally evokes a response.
What is Classical Conditioning?
Attention, Memory, Imitation and Motivation are all elements of this?
What is Observational Learning?
The ability to identify, express and manage your own and other people's emotions accurately.
What is emotional intelligence?
The top of Maslow's original Hierarchy of Needs.
What is Self-Actualization?
Blends of primary emotions that can be culturally driven.
What are secondary emotions?
A type of learning that happens by watching others do something.
Ex. Bandura/Bobo doll
What is Observational Learning?
The punishment of a response by the removal of a pleasurable stimulus.
Ex. grounding
What is Punishment by Removal?
A set of procedures guaranteed to produce a solution or outcome even if you don't know how it works.
What is an algorithm?