Unit 4: Motivation and Emotion

Assignments

 

Assignment 1, pp. 411-424

 

Define:

Motive

Emotion

Instinct

 

Drive

Drive Reduction Theory

Homeostasis

 

Incentive

Primary Drives

Stimulus Motives

 

1.  List and define each Primary Drive and Motivations effect on them?

2.  Why is obesity more than just the consumption of calories?

3.  Do humans have instincts, defend your position? (outline form )

4.  List and define each Stimulus Motive and their influence on human behavior?

 

 

 

Assignment 2, pp. 424-431 + handout

 

1.  List and define each Learned Motive and their influence on human behavior?

2.  What is Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and how are they important to understanding human                  psychology?

3.  Is working a stimulus Motive or Learned Motive?

4.  What are, and how do, Unconscious Motives effect behavior?

5.  How are Motivation and Perception Linked?

 

 

 

Assignment 3, pp. 431-437

 

1.  Define Yerks-Dodson Law?

2.  List and outline the three basic classifications of emotion?

3.  Explain Plutchik’s categories of Emotion?

4.  What is the James-Lange theory of Emotion and the problems with it?

5.  How are the Cannon-Bard and Cognitive theories of Emotion both similar and different?

6.  What are the objections to the Cognitive theory of Emotion?

 

 

 

Assignment 4, pp. 437-443

 

Define:             Empathy                       Infant Facial Archetypes

 

1.  Outline the section on the expression of Emotion?

2.  Outline the section on Gender differences of Emotion?

3.  Should the Lie Detector be used in our Legal System