motivation and emotion worksheet
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Motivation and Emotion Worksheet
Resources: Ch. 7 & 8 of Discovering Psychology and Motivation and Emotion – Interactive Tutorial
Discuss the following as a team and provide a brief summary of the each discussion. The word count for individual answers may vary but your responses should total 500- to 800-words for the entire worksheet.
1. Describe three approaches to motivation. Explain how each approach affects motivation.
The first being instincts which are the patterns of behavior that are biologically determined rather than learned. People as well as animals are preprogrammed when born with behavioral and survival instincts. The second being incentive approach. I feel that I'm more motivated when there is some incentive involved because I know at the end of the day I am going to be rewarded for my assistance. The third would be arousal approach where each person tries to maintain a certain level of stimulation and activity to keep you consistently motivated.
2. Theorists vary on why we experience emotions. Discuss at least two different theories related to emotional experiences.
Physiological theories suggest that responses within the body are responsible for emotions. Your emotional reaction is dependent upon how you interpret those physical reactions. Neurological theories states that the activity within the brain leads to emotional responses.
3. Choose one positive and one negative emotion related to being a student. Provide one example for each of how these emotions may affect your performance in class.
Positive emotion from being in school would be your satisfaction on completion of a course. You give yourself the emotion of complete success. Negative for me is withdrawing a course and having to retake it. Not only in your mind do you feel like a failure but you also have to revisit that state of emotion when you’re retaking the course again.
4. Summarize two theories of intelligence.
Motivation and Emotion Worksheet
Resources: Ch. 7 & 8 of Discovering Psychology and Motivation and Emotion – Interactive Tutorial
Discuss the following as a team and provide a brief summary of the each discussion. The word count for individual answers may vary but your responses should total 500- to 800-words for the entire worksheet.
1. Describe three approaches to motivation. Explain how each approach affects motivation.
The first being instincts which are the patterns of behavior that are biologically determined rather than learned. People as well as animals are preprogrammed when born with behavioral and survival instincts. The second being incentive approach. I feel that I'm more motivated when there is some incentive involved because I know at the end of the day I am going to be rewarded for my assistance. The third would be arousal approach where each person tries to maintain a certain level of stimulation and activity to keep you consistently motivated.
2. Theorists vary on why we experience emotions. Discuss at least two different theories related to emotional experiences.
Physiological theories suggest that responses within the body are responsible for emotions. Your emotional reaction is dependent upon how you interpret those physical reactions. Neurological theories states that the activity within the brain leads to emotional responses.
3. Choose one positive and one negative emotion related to being a student. Provide one example for each of how these emotions may affect your performance in class.
Positive emotion from being in school would be your satisfaction on completion of a course. You give yourself the emotion of complete success. Negative for me is withdrawing a course and having to retake it. Not only in your mind do you feel like a failure but you also have to revisit that state of emotion when you’re retaking the course again.
4. Summarize two theories of intelligence.