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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion

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Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion Motives: needs, wants, interests, and desire that propel people in certain directions Motivation-goal directed behavior MOST THEORIES DISTINGUSH BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL MOTIVES Biological is limited based on survival and Social is unlimited through learning/experiences. Biological Motives Social Motives Hunger Sleep Sex Thirst Order Motive Achievement Affiliation Dominance Henry Murray: Most people have needs for achievements, autonomy, affiliation, dominance, exhibition, and order/etc. Motivation of Hunger and Eating Bio Factors in Regulations of Hunger Cannon and Washburn- association with stomach contractions and hunger= NO CORRELATION! Having your stomach removed=you can still be hungry

Calculus

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Developmental Psychology Notes

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Developmental Psychology 9/30/2010 08:42:00 AM . Development ?progress over time and change (adaptive system), it?s about improvement and becoming what you are more or less intended to be (teleological assumption), ordering of steps/stages (crawling then walking), acquisition/learning, external factors (environment) play a role in shaping development. ? Teleological ?development follows a plan, genetic information is often interpreted this way o Examples: infants auditory system most sensitive to speech frequencies (the auditory system develops because it knows the frequency of tunes) ? Non-teleological ?development that does not follow a plan o Example: learning a specific language, languages evolve and change

europe, notes, great war,

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The Great War was the first “total war” in history because so many were involved world-wide and it was the largest war we have ever seen. Total war is mass civilian populations involved in the war effort. The Great war, also known as World War I, was massive and that is why it is considered a “total war” because of it’s size. Young men were being drafted and woman had to fill the men’s jobs at the factories because the men who operated the factories had been sent to war.

Evolutionary Psychology

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Evolutionary Psychology (sparknotes.com) Evolutionary psychology uses evolutionary theory to explain similarities in psychological characteristics. According to evolutionary psychologists, patterns of behavior have evolved through natural selection, in the same way that physical characteristics have evolved. Because of natural selection,adaptive behaviors, or behaviors that increase reproductive success, are kept and passed on from one generation to the next. Mating Behavior

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