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Motivation and Emotion

Motivation and emotion drive much of human behavior, making them core topics in introductory and advanced psychology courses. This deck covers major motivational theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs and self-determination theory, along with the distinctio...

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Motivation and emotion drive much of human behavior, making them core topics in introductory and advanced psychology courses. This deck covers major motivational theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs and self-determination theory, along with the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. You'll also review classic theories of emotion, including the James-Lange, Cannon-Bard, and Schachter-Singer theories, plus concepts like the polygraph, facial feedback hypothesis, and emotional regulation. A strong complement to biological and cognitive psychology decks.

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The internal process that drives behavior toward a goal
Motivation driven by internal satisfaction or interest
Motivation driven by external rewards or consequences
A theory ranking human needs from basic survival to self-actualization
Physiological needs
Self-actualization
A theory proposing motivation is driven by autonomy, competence, and relatedness
An innate, unlearned behavior pattern
A theory proposing behavior is motivated by the need to reduce internal tension from unmet needs
A theory proposing people seek an optimal level of stimulation
The principle that performance improves with arousal up to a point, then declines
A complex psychological state involving physiological arousal, expression, and subjective experience
The theory that physiological arousal precedes and causes emotional experience
The theory that physiological arousal and emotional experience occur simultaneously and independently
The theory that emotion depends on physiological arousal plus cognitive interpretation of that arousal
The idea that facial expressions can influence emotional experience
Processing fear and other emotional responses
The ability to manage and respond to emotional experiences appropriately
Physiological responses believed to correlate with deception, like heart rate and skin conductance
The idea that there are a small number of universal, biologically based emotions
Happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, disgust
The ability to recognize, understand, and manage one's own and others' emotions
The experience of feeling or emotion
A mood is longer-lasting and less specific than an emotion
The mental evaluation of a situation that influences emotional response
The desire to accomplish goals and meet standards of excellence
When external rewards decrease intrinsic motivation for an activity
The body's tendency to maintain a stable internal environment, driving needs like hunger and thirst
A conflict arising from a goal that has both appealing and unappealing aspects
The release of built-up emotional tension through expression