PSYC 2000 Chapter : Motivation
Document Summary
Motivation: to move: the process by which activities are started, directed and continued o that physical and psychological needs are met. Instinct based theories: behavior is motivated to reduce tension and fulfill needs: automatic, be triggered by some environmental or internal cue, needs no training, extrinsic motivation theories: external contingencies guide behavior, reward and punishment, casinos. Motivation assessed: neural signatures: avoidance behaviors: moving away from a stimulus. Associated with right frontal cortical activation: fleeing avoiding, approach behaviors: moving towards a stimulus. Associated with left frontal cortical activation: fighting, state activation: when one is engaged in social activity, their left frontal system engages. When one is engaged in avoiding activity, the frontal system engages: in the moment, trait activation: someone who avoids social interaction tends to have stronger right frontal activity. Someone who engages others tends to have stronger left frontal activity: frontal asymmetry: differential activation of right v left cortical regions.
