Motivation and Emotion

An inferred process within a person or animal that causes movement either toward a goal or away from an unpleasant situation.

• Emotion

• Motivation

• Learning

• Sensation

A desire to perform a behavior for its own sake

• Intrinsic motivation

• Extrinsic motivation

• Approach-Approach

• Drive

Theory that suggests that our genes predispose species-typical behavior. It underestimates the human motives.

• Drive Reduction Theory of Motivation

• Optimal-Arousal Theory of Motivation

• Instinct/Evolutionary Theory of Motivation

• Opponent-Process Theory of Motivation

Inverted U-shaped relation between arousal on the one hand and mood and performance on the other

• Hans Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome

• The Yerkes-Dodson Law

• Set Point Theory

• Optimal-Arousal Theory

The tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state

• Optimal arousal

• Incentives

• Approach-Avoidance

• Homeostasis

An action or reward that motivates one to act a certain way

• Intrinsic motivations

• Incentives

• Avoidances

• Secondary drives

A learned drive such as money

• Primary drive

• Secondary drive

• Instinct

• Need for achievement

A learned motive to meet personal standards of success and excellence in a chosen area.

• Primary Drive

• Instinct

• Need for Achievement

• Set Point

Goals framed in desired outcomes or experiences

• Approach Goals

• Avoidance Goals

• Homeostasis

• Primary drives

Biological needs such as thirst

• Primary Drives

• Secondary Drives

• Extrinsic Drives

• Avoidance goals