Theories of Motivation
What theory suggests that motivation is a result of psychological needs such as autonomy, competence and relatedness?
What is self determination theory (SDT)?
Sabrina studies hard because her parents reward her by paying $20 for each superior grade she brings home. What type of motivation is this?
What is extrinsic motivation?
According to Lewin’s motivational conflict theory, approach-avoidance conflict occurs when a situation has what sort of aspects?
What are both negative and positive aspects?
Before starting her day working at a day-care center, Meredith takes a few moments to smile at herself in the mirror. No matter how she is feeling before she comes in, she finds that smiling helps her feel happier before beginning her day. Meredith’s experience is evidence for...
What is the facial feedback hypothesis?
Explanation: Meredith moving her facial muscles the way she does smiles is triggering a feeling of happiness which aligns with the facial feedback hypothesis.
Kate has eating disorder characterized by episodes of overeating followed by use of laxatives and excessive exercise. What eating disorder fits?
What is bulimia?
Which motivational theory emphasizes the role of external stimuli in driving behavior?
Mary wants to learn a language for self improvement purposes. What social motivation theory fits this?
What is intrinsic motivation?
You do not want to get married but your boyfriend just proposed to you in the middle of party, you are faced with the decision of rejecting him now and potentially embarrassing him in front of everyone or accepting his proposal in the moment and rejecting him in private later potentially embarrassing him. What type of conflict is this?
What is avoidance-avoidance conflict?
The universally understandable aspect of human emotion consists of:
What are facial expressions?
About seven months ago, 15-year-old Katie went on a drastic weight-loss diet that caused her to drop from 110 to 85 pounds. Although she is now dangerously underweight and undernourished, she continues to think she looks fat. Katie most clearly suffers from what psychological disorder?
What is anorexia nervosa?
Tim decided he needed to lose some weight. He started dieting, but he was experiencing uncomfortable feelings of hunger when he fasted for several hours. He then began eating several small meals over the course of a day and stopped experiencing feelings of hunger. Which concept best explains why Tim was not able to maintain fasting as a part of his diet strategy?
What is homeostasis?
Explanation: Fasting would lead to multiple instances of decreased homeostasis as evidenced by the increased presence of feelings of hunger. Tim is then motivated to achieve homeostasis by eating multiple small meals to avoid feelings of hunger.
Jessie has been practicing calculus equations in order to better her skills and win a trophy at a math competition. What social motivational theory best fits this?
What is achievement theory?
Explanation: Although Jessie is doing this for an external reward she is also doing it for the internal reward of improving herself which leads her to want this achievement making achievement theory fit better than extrinsic/intrinsic motivation.
You have managed to rent your dream apartment, but your work has offered you a high paying job that will move you to another country for six months. If you take the job, you will have to give up the apartment. What type of conflict is this?
What is approach-avoidance conflict?
To experience emotion is to be aware of one's physiological responses to an emotion-arousing event. Which emotional theory fits this?
What is the James-Lange Theory?
Jack has just eaten a huge meal but gets the urge to eat when he sees the person next to him with a large container of popcorn. Psychologists would most likely consider Jack to be considered:
What is an external eater?
Dr. Cabello is studying how much pressure people need to perform at their best. She created a survey that asks volunteer participants from the college where she works how stressful they find different kinds of stimuli. What motivational concept best applies?
What is Yerkes-Dodson's law?
Cleaning your room to avoid being reprimanded by your parents is motivated by what?
What is extrinsic motivation?
A 16-year-old girl is pregnant, although she knows she is not able to care for the baby, she is completely against abortion, but her parents tell her that is she does have the baby she will be thrown out of the house. What type of conflict is this?
What is avoidance-avoidance conflict?
In the context of the Cannon-Bard Theory, which order do emotional components occur during an emotional experience?
What is both physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously?
Freddy is hungry because his hypothalamus is sending him what hormone?
What is ghrelin?
Which theory would be most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies?
What is arousal theory?
Parents heap lavish praise on their child every time they complete a simple task, what is the negative impact this can have on the child's motivation?
What is decreased intrinsic motivation?
Explanation: If you get rewarded for doing very little, you aren't likely to find the activity intrinsically rewarding.
Cole plays both basketball and baseball. His last basketball game of the season is on the same day and time of his opening game of his baseball season.
What is double approach-avoidance?
Gabriel recently became a grandfather. During the delivery of the child, there was a small complication, and the family was noticeably upset. Gabriel was calm and showed little emotion as he did his best to reassure the family that everything would okay. However, a short time later while explaining events to his own mother, Gabriel became very upset, demonstrating much more emotion than he had at the time of the birth. Which principle of emotion is most applicable?
What are display rules?
Leptin is a chemical secreted by fat cells and recognized in the brain as a signal of satiety. It has been shown in laboratory experiments that if leptin receptors in the hypothalamus are blocked, then the animal would
What is eating excessively?
Explanation: If an animal has deficient levels of leptin, or if the brain fails to recognize leptin, the negative feedback system that normally causes the animal to stop eating will fail.