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Are We Lacking Motivation?
HW: Read Chapter 11 – Chapter 11 Test NEXT FRIDAY JANUARY 30th
Vocab Quiz This Friday: Chapters: 2 and 10.
Last Week’s Test Scores…..lower on average…..
Lack of Notes?
Other issues?
Motivation - A need or desire that energizes and
directs behavior.
Intrinsic Motivation – Internal motivators
Extrinsic Motivation – External (outside motivators)
Which do you think is a better motivator Intrinsic or Extrinsic
motivation? Why?
Motivation
Theory of Motivation – Four different theories on motivation (Instinct) Evolutionary
Perspective, Drive-Reductive Theory, Arousal Theory, and Hierarchy of Needs.
Instinct – a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a species and is
UNLEARNED.
Drive - Reduction Theory - the idea that a physiological need creates an aroused
tension state (a drive) that motivates an organism to satisfy that need.
Homeostasis – The tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state; the
regulation of any aspect of body chemistry, such as blood glucose around a
particular level.
Incentives – a positive or negative ENVIRONMENTAL stimulus that motivates
behavior.
Warm Up: What Motivates You?
Why do you get out of bed in the morning?
Why do you come to school every day?
Why do you engage in psychology class?
Evolutionary Perspective
Instinct – a complex behavior that is rigidly patterned throughout a
species and is UNLEARNED.
Hunger
Sex
Work
Drive - Reduction Theory - the idea that a physiological
need creates an aroused tension state (a drive) that
motivates an organism to satisfy that need.
Hunger
Sex
Work
Optimal Arousal Theory – Desire to INCREASE
stimulus (arousal) (opposite of drive-reduction
theory)
Hunger
Sex
Work
Maslov and Hierarchy of Needs
Hierarchy of Needs –
Maslow’s pyramid of
human needs, beginning
at the base with
physiological needs that
must first be satisfied
before higher-level
safety needs and then
psychological needs
become active.
Belonging? Values?
Etc…
Motivation BEYOND Basic Needs
What do you believe is the best motivator for students?
Who do you believe would be the best motivator for teachers?
What do you believe would be the best motivation for factory workers?
What do you believe would be the best motivator for computer
programmers?
Warm-up: Review From Yesterday
A young child’s desire to explore their surroundings would be best
explained by which of the Theories of Motivation we looked?
Optimal Arousal Theory best explains a babies desire to explore
because they aren’t satisfying a need (Drive-Reduction Theory) or
acting on an inborn instinct (Some babies explore and some don’t) they
are looking for excitement and stimulation!
Hunger
What Drives Hunger?
Hunger is the feeling our body produces when our blood-sugar level is low.
Hunger is NOT driven by Incentives
It is an Instinctual Feeling - low glucose levels = hunger
Glucose- form of sugar that circulates in the blood and provides the body
with energy.
Eating however, is OFTEN ruled by incentives – the desire to feel good, fit in,
be respectful, be seen as attractive, to take control, these all drive how much
people eat.
Hunger in the Brain
Why don’t my diets work?
Basal Metabolic Rate – YOUR body’s resting rate of energy expenditures.
(Different for everyone and it can change EASILY throughout your life
depending on how much you move and how much you eat!
Extreme Calorie Reduction – sends your body into starvation mode (warns it
not to burn any calories) and thus your Basal Metabolic Rate drops.
When you deprive yourself your body is looking for an excuse to let loose. If
you get emotional, or drunk (lowering your self-control) you are likely to
binge eat everything you have been denying yourself.
Hunger and Your Body
Is hunger and weight gain about genetics?
Yes!
Set Point – The point at which an individuals
Weight thermostat is supposedly set. When the
Body falls below this weight, the body will
Produce greater feelings of hunger.
Is it all about Genetics?
No!
Since 1960, the average adult American has gained 23 pounds.
Hunger and Society
Society influences:
• What we eat
• Gender Differences WITHIN society
• EXTEREME differences between
cultures
• How much we eat
• When we eat
• Where we eat.
• How much weight we gain
• What we consider a healthy weight
VS.
So why aren’t I motivated to work out?
1.Make intense changes, instead of slow
pattered habit-forming changes
2.Its not (YET) a common cultural
practice
3.You may SEE exercise as physically
harder….
PRACTICE FRQ: 25 min TIMED
DEFINE the term and then APPLY that term to the prompt.
Write in complete sentences.
The college board says: “It is not enough to answer a question by
merely listing facts. You should present a cogent (convincing) argument
based on your critical analysis of the questions posed, by using
appropriate psychological terminology.”
If you are struggling with a specific term, skip it and come back to it at
the end.
Sex
Work