PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 9
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Si exam 3 : chapter 9- motivation and emotion. Activity 1: motivation: use the word bank below to match the theories to the respective definitions. Instinct approaches biological and innate patterns of behavior. Personality traits guide motivation physiological needs create psychological tension. Cognitive approach motivation guided by beliefs, values and thoughts (e. g. , expectancy- value) Drive to fulfill potential, achieve greatness and help others. Emotional systems: 3 domains of emotion 1. expression, 2. Emotion is: tangible actions that everyone can see; action. It can be communicated across 3 domains: facial expressions- eyes(rolling them), eyebrows (raising them), cheeks (smiling big), mouth, vocal expressions: content, prosodic (pitch, emphasis, pace, body gestures- distance to speaker, hand and head gestures. Charles darwin-emotional expression is determined by a person"s biology (university across cultures; innate to us as a human-beings) Paul ekman- played a significant role in the development of micro-expressions; studied ways to measure non-verbal communications; he also found that expression was consistent among many cultures.
