LU 9: Motivated Behaviors

Work Motivation

drive theories; drive0reduction theory

homeostasis

incentive theories

intrinsic and extrinsic motivations

overjustification; more extrinsic motivation than needed to perform a task, intrinsic motivation declines

conflicting motivations

hierarchy of Needs

physiological needs--safety needs--love and belonging--esteem--self-actualization

Types of Motivation

goals and deadlines

job design

theory X and theory Y

job satisfaction

job-related--interest level, pay, coworkers and management, employee personality, genetics/hereditability

leadership

transformational

transactional

Hunger Motivation

hormones secreted regulate hunger; insulin and glucagon

the long-term regulation of hunger-leptin

brain mechanisms of hunger and satiety

lateral hypothalamus

paraventricular hypothalamus

ventromedial hypothalamus

Social and Cultural Influence on Eating

obesity

losing weight

eating disorders

anorexia nervosa

bulimia

Sexual Motivation

The Kinsey Survey (Alfred C. Kinsesy)

sexual behavior in era of AIDS

transmission

blood transfusion

sahring needles for IV drug use

sexual contact

sexual arousal (Masters and Johnson)

stages

excitement--plateau--climax, or orgasm--resolution

sexual dysfunction

sexual anatomy and identity

general identity, sexual orientation, homosexual and bisexual

influences on sexual anatomy; hormonal influences