PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: List Of World War Ii Torpedoes Of Germany, Broccoli, Motivation
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Motivation i: motivation directs behaviors (drives behavior, just like emotion, motivation increases arousal. Motivation and arousal: yerkes dodson law ~ psychological principle stating that performance increases with arousal up to moderate level; after that, additional arousal impairs performance. Why did this behavior occur: biological (primary, hunger, cold, psychological (secondary, ambitious, jealous. Motivational drives: desire to get something you need. Opponent process theory: richard solomon, theory of motivation / emotion that deals with emotional/ motivational response during behaviors, two dimensions of jumping out of plane, primary (pain, fear) opponent (pleasure, relief) Many jumps: especially applicable to drug addictions, drug produces positive effects (pleasure) produces negative effects (craving and eventually pain of withdrawal) Psychological motives (so many that there is no complete list) vary on 3 dimensions: 1. Individuals with high achievement need set challenging but attainable personal goals. Individuals with low achievement need set extremely easy or impossibly high goals: 3.
