Motivation
Theory
McClelland's Human Motivation Theory
Need for Achiement
Need for affiliation
Need for Power
Expectancy Theory
Intrinsic & Extrinsic Theory
Individualism vs Collectivism
Overjustification
Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
Overjustification Effect. the effect of promising a reward for doing what one already likes to do. The person may now see the reward, rather than intrinsic interest, as the motivation for performing the task.
Drive theory
State of hemostatic
instinct theory
Freud Psychodynamic Theory
Eros & Thanatos
Emotion
physiological arousal
subjective feelings
cognitive interpretation
behavioral expression
Display rule
Diff rule in diff culture
An example would be masking your true feelings about your friend's terrible cooking or being friendly to your opponent after losing an important competition.
The discovery of two emotion-processing systems in the brain—one conscious and the other unconscious—has shed new light on some old controversies about emotion and cognition.
Conscious Emotional Processing
Emotions in the Unconscious
fast response system
Implicit Memory
slow response system
Explicit Memory
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two factor theory
fight-or-flight
For example, imagine playing a physically demanding game like basketball. As soon as you are done with the game (and you are hot, your heart is racing, etc., which is the state of arousal) someone gives you some bad news. In response, you get angry (label the emotion as anger), and feel that anger
Emotional intelligence
Perceiving emotions
Using emotions
Understanding emotions
Managing emotions
Canon Bard Theory of emotion
For example, if you have a fear of spiders, seeing one crawling near your bed may cause you to feel fear and start trembling at the same time. According to the Cannon-Bard theory, you're not trembling because of the fear you feel and you're not feeling fear because your body started trembling.
James Lange theory of emotion
The James-Lange theory states that stimulating events trigger a physical reaction. The physical reaction is then labeled with a corresponding emotion. For example, if you run into a snake, your heart rate increases. James-Lange theory suggests that the increase in heart rate is what makes us realize we're afraid.
The Cannon-Bard theory proposes that emotions and arousal occur at the same time. The James-Lange theory proposes the emotion is the result of arousal
For instance, in an office meeting, when one person speaks, others listen. This happens spontaneously and such behaviors are examples of emotional intelligence in the workplace
Beth and Sam both enjoy long-distance running. Beth runs a marathon and receives a shiny, gold participant medal, while Sam runs a marathon and receives nothing. Surprisingly, when Beth is now asked to run another marathon but receives nothing, she feels reluctant to do so. This situation is an example of Overjustification