Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

Learning: Understanding Acquired Behavior 89 recall recognition reinforcer repression response retrieval reward secondary reinfo ...

90 7 Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? PREVIEW QUIZ True or False TFBiological drives are regulated by a principle known as ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 91 directs the way it is expressed. In this chapter you will discover the signifi- cant rol ...

92 PSYCHOLOGY (a) The word motivationis related to words such as motor, motion,andemotion.All of these words imply some form of ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 93 The hunger drive provides an example of how homeostasis works. If your blood sugar is lo ...

94 PSYCHOLOGY interest is explained by the curiosity drive. The different color or the different shape of the novel rattle elici ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 95 (a) is behavior in which individuals unnecessarily place themselves in physical jeopardy ...

96 PSYCHOLOGY son’s acquired motives. These motives are also sometimes called social motives, meaning they affect the way we rel ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 97 Fifth, theneed for dominanceis a motive to control the behavior of others. A person with ...

98 PSYCHOLOGY human motivation is particularly useful when one is trying to explain why people do self-defeating things. The two ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 99 and superficially unexplainable can be understood by examining the way in which represse ...

100 PSYCHOLOGY According to Maslow, human needs can be ranked in terms of “lower needs” and “higher needs.” Imagine a pyramid in ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 101 (c) The fifth layer of the pyramid represents needs. Answers: (a) love; belongingness; ...

102 PSYCHOLOGY with the higher levels, particularly with the need for self-actualization. The theme of being motivation is growt ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 103 importance to other individuals or to humanity in general. This may seem very exalted, ...

104 PSYCHOLOGY Which of the following is clearly associated with the curiosity drive? a. The need to escape from pain b. The ne ...

Motivation: Why Do We Do What We Do? 105 If a person lives a meaningless life, then that life will be empty and pointless. Fran ...

106 PSYCHOLOGY need for order need for self-actualization peak experiences physiological needs reaction formation repression ris ...

8 Emotions: Riding Life’s Roller Coaster 107 PREVIEW QUIZ True or False TFThe pleasant-unpleasant aspect of emotions is associa ...

Objectives After completing this chapter, you will be able to define the concept of emotions; identify the two basic psychologi ...