Define Briefly About Instinct Theory of Motivation Terms Flashcards

Emotions

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Innate and complex patterns of behavior that occur in every normally functioning member of a species under certain set conditions are called:
Instincts
The basic flaw associated with instinct theory is that it doesn't_______ behavior, it _______ behavior.
Explain, Labeled
Primary drives are:
Food, Water, Air, Sleep, Sex, temperature regulation, Avoidance of pain
Meeting hunger and thirst needs satisfies Maslow's first need level, known as the:
Physiological needs
Abraham Maslow asserted that people can be motivated by_______ as well as by drive reduction.
Hierarchy of Needs
According to cognitive theory, whether you are motivated to ask that exciting person for a date depends on:
Cognitions, Beliefs, Expectancies, or other mental processes
Cognitive dissonance can motivate behavior by:
Resolving inconsistencies in cognitions.
A state or feeling that has psychological, behavioral, and cognitive components is called:
Emotion
According to Plutchik's emotion wheel, which of the following is one of the prImary emotions?
Acceptance & Disgust, Fear & Anger, Surprise & Anticipation, and Sadness & Joy
Plutchik maintains that adjacent emotions of the emotion wheel:
Derive from the original eight emotions.
According to James and Lange, we become angry because we:
Are aware of bodily responses to a situation.
Data that show that people who are placed into the exact same physiological state fail to experience the dame emotion provide evidence against which theory of emotion?
James-Lange Theory
Cannon and Bard believed that emotional arousal and behavior action occur:
Simultaneously
According to the Schachter-Singer theory, emotions are the result of:
Double-cognitive interpretation.
Early research on stress focused on the ______ associated with stress.
Physiological changes