Psych Exam 2 - Lecture notes Test 2 PDF

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Psych Exam 2  25 Q Test 1, 25 Q Test 2  11 Q learning  10 Q Motivation 1. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (diagram in book) o Psychological needs o Safety Needs o Acceptance needs o Esteem Needs o Need for self actualization (top) 2. Revised it: its self transcendence (top)**** o We will be the best we can be by serving others (actively caring) 3. Situational vs Dispositional Factors o Situational: environment and situation can motivate you, and you can demotivate yourself o Dispositional: genetic factors that influence us, conscientious- we always want to do the best we can do – Zuckerman scale (measurement of risk taking) 4. Emotion is motivation o Emotion plus self ethicasy o Physiological arousal o Cognitive interpretation o Subjective feelings o Behavioral expression 5. Positive (approach) vs Negative (avoid) o Describes 7 different emotions o Disgust, happiness, anger, sadness, surprise, fear, contempt 6. Arousal and Performance o The inverted U (Yerkes-Dodson Law) o The greater the arousal the greater the performance o It peaks and then goes down with too much pressure and arousal 7. Social Facilitation inhibition (connected to the U) o An audience produced arousal and will help or hurt is depending on our readiness to perform the right behavior 8. Disposition: sensation seekers 9. Theories of emotion: o 3 basic theories o When does the emotion happen? o Cannon Bard: occurs at the same time you get a physiological response o James Lange 1. Behavior comes first, then subjective feeling o 2 factor theory – Schechter Theory 1. Interpreting the situation

10. Controlling Emotions o Emotional Intelligence (EQ) o Marshmallow Test: if you wait till give you another marshmallow 1. Better predicted their intelligence than an intelligence test o Nature (disposition) vs Nurture (situation) o Introverts vs Extroverts  4 Q Self motivation o How do you motivate yourself? o We need to help other believe that they are confident “Immediate consequences outweigh delayed consequences” o What is self-motivation? o How to increase self-motivation 1. Choice, competence, community 2. SMARTS goal setting  Specific  Motivational  Achievable  Relevant  Trackable  Shared 3. Behavior based feedback  If then incentives/rewards  Now-That rewards  Supportive vs corrective feedback...