PSYC100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mental Disorder, Social Cognition, Homeostasis

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC100
• Professor: Medina Ph D, Jared Kuhlman, David M

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What is motivation: a state of being energized and directed towards a goal. Be a(cid:271)le to respond to an example of a need and identify whether it is a more basic need or a higher level need. Be able to recognize an example of behavior that may be motivated in order to reduce arousal. If a behavior consistently reduces a drive, it becomes the go to response (cid:894)i. e. , a (cid:862)habit(cid:863)(cid:895). Be able to chart or describe performance as a function of arousal, according to the. Yerkes-dodson law: yerkes-dodson law, performance on challenging tasks increases with arousal up to a moderate point. After that performance is impaired by any additional arousal: organism"s performance can be improved if that organism is aroused in some manner. However, if the level of arousal increases too much, performance decreases: ex: athlete who performs better under real game situation than he/she does during practice games.