Psychology 110 - Study Guide

Chapt. 12 - Motivation & Emotion - Matlin

Dr. David L. Carpenter

Rev. 09/99

I. Motivation - The process of activating behavior

A. Hunger and Eating

1. Biological factors regulating
    eating

a. Hypothalamus

b. Homeostasis

c. Glucose

d. Glucostats

e. Insulin

2. External Factors Regulating Eating

a. Cultural values for what are acceptable foods

b. Cultural values for times of meals

c. Social factors

3. Obesity

a. Genetic predisposition and metabolism

b. Set Point

c. Responses to eating cues

4. Dieting

5. Eating Disorders

a. Anorexia Nervosa

b. Bulimia Nervosa- binge eating

1) Obsession with  food

2) Dangerous but not as life threatening as anorexia

3) May be related to binge dieting

4) Counter- regulation

B. Sexuality

1. Biological Factors

a. Non-human Female

b. Non-human male

c. Human

2. External & Cognitive Factors

a. Touch

b. Visual stimuli

c. Imagination & fantasy

3. Sexual Arousal and Orgasm

a. Excitement Phase

b. Plateau Phase

c. Orgasmic Phase

d. Resolution

4. Sexual Behavior

a. AIDS

b. Rape

c. Sexual Harassment

C. Achievement Motivation - achievement
     motive

1. Individual differences in
    Achievement Motivation

2. Gender Comparisons in
    Motivation Related to
    Achievement

a. Fear of success

3. The Paradoxical Effects of
    Reward on Achievement

a. Intrinsic Motivation

b. Extrinsic Motivation

D. General Theories of Motivation

1. Drive Theories

2. Intrinsic Motivation - for the
    fun of it

3. Incentive Theory - focuses on
    external goals

II. Emotion - subjective experience accompanied by
      physiological changes and behavior

A. Cognitive Emotional Reactions

1. Subjective Well-being

a. Individualistic
    Cultures

b. Collectivist Cultures

2. The Influence of Mood on
    Cognitive Processes

B. Physiological Emotional Reactions

1. Autonomic Division

2. Sympathetic Nervous System

3. Parasympathetic Nervous System

4. Amygdala

5. Physiological Measures

6. The Controversial "Lie
     Detector" Test

a. Polygraph examination

C. Emotional Intelligence

D. General Theories of Emotion

1. The James-Lange Theory (1890)

a. Facial Feedback
    Hypothesis

2. The Schachter-Singer Theory
    (1962)

3. Izard's Theory

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