Theories of Motivation Arousal: * A person’s state of alertness and mental and physical activation. Arousal Theory: * People are motivated to maintain an optimal level of arousal. * The optimal level is different for all of us. Stimulus Motives: * Motives that cause us to increase stimulation. * Appear to be unlearned‚ * Curiosity‚ exploration‚ and play that occur when your arousal is too low. Yerkes-Dodson Law Yerkes-Dodson Law: * Principle that performance on a
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The Four Theories of Emotion The four main theories of emotion are interesting views of four scholarly psychologists. The theories are the James-Lange theory‚ the Cannon-Bard theory‚ the Schacter-Singer theory‚ and the Lazarus theory. Each of these four theories explains the order of events that occur when an emotion is present. Each theory is a hypothesis waiting to be tested out. Each of these theories is held by a psychologist(s). The psychologists no matter how far past our time they
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call. It’s your mother‚ and she’s calling to let you know that your beloved family pet has died. You suddenly feel your chest tighten‚ and your eyes well up with tears as you process the sudden‚ overwhelming feeling of loss. According to the James-Lange theory of emotion‚ this feeling of sadness comes from your body’s physiological reaction to the news. Upon hearing about Fluffy’s death‚ your brain sends a signal to your vagus nerves‚ stimulating them‚ and in turn causing that classic sorrowful feeling
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a. emotion b. motivation c. an incentive d. drive reduction 2. An internal state of tension that motivates an organism to engage in activities that should reduce this tension defines a. motive b. incentive c. emotion d. drive 3. According to drive theory of motivation‚ if you drink water when you are thirsty‚ drinking results in a. need reduction and restores physiological equilibrium b. drive reduction and restores physiological equilibrium c. need production and serves as an incentive d. drive production
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witnessed the event‚ no one helped or called the police. According to you knowledge of social psychology‚ this incident can be best explained by ____. 7.Can influence thoughts‚ feelings‚ behavior: Subliminally presented stimuli ____. 8.Cannon-bard theory.: According to the ____‚ emotion and physiological reactions occur simultaneously. 9.Cause the eardrum to vibrate: When sound waves enter the ear canal‚ they first cause ____. 10.Central route persuasion: Allison is at a workshop‚ where a presenter
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There has yet to be a culture discovered which lacks music. Making music is seen historically to be as fundamental as the characteristically human activities as drawing and painting. Many even go so far as to compare music to language and claim that music functions as a "universal language." But it is rarely the same music‚ however‚ that all peoples respond to. What is it that we are responding to when we listen to music? Strictly speaking‚ music is not a language‚ (1) because it has neither outside
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Eileen Romero Photo Design W3_A3 Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) I chose Dorothea Lange because I admire her strength of character‚ her empathy and compassion for her subjects‚ but more importantly because of the essence of the people she was able to capture in her photographs. Not only does the viewer feel pity for the subjects‚ they also feel sadness for them because the photographs treat them as people so the viewer is able to feel for them like they would their own family and friends.
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Mother. The very word‚ for most‚ conjures up the notion of comfort‚ safety‚ and unconditional love. This idea of motherhood is capture in Dorothea Lange ’s picture‚ Migrant Mother. When one views the picture‚ one is struck by the tired look in her eyes and the hope for a better situation down the road. One has to wonder if Dorothea viewed this picture from a psychoanalytic perspective‚ social or formal analysis when constructing the actual shot. Knowing this adds an even greater depth to an understanding
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Dorothea Lange was born on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey to Joanna and Heinrich Nutzhorn. Her father worked as a lawyer and her mother stayed home to raise her and her brother. At the age of seven Dorothea came down with polio‚ which left her with permanent damage to her right leg. Suffering from this disease cause Dorothea to develop her compassion for people suffering since she had lived through suffering herself. At the age of twelve her parents separated‚ and Dorothea blamed her father
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The Life of Dorothea Lange To say that Dorothea Lange led a full life is an understatement. She led and extraordinary life and it is a fascinating tale. As you will see‚ she was an amazing person‚ charming and likeable‚ but also a person with just as many hardships as the subjects of her work. Dorothea Margaretta Nutzhorn’s story begins on May 26‚ 1895 in Hoboken‚ New Jersey. She was born at home and was the first born to second generation German emigrants Heinrich and Johanna Nutzhorn.
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