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Dive into the complexities of motivation and emotion, exploring concepts like instinct, drives, incentives, hunger physiology, sexual motivation, and more. Uncover the psychology behind behaviors and disorders, such as eating disorders and obesity, while delving into sexual orientation and adolescent sexuality.
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Unit Overview • Motivational Concepts • Hunger • Sexual Motivation • The Need to Belong Click on the any of the above hyperlinks to go to that section in the presentation.
Introduction • Motivation
Instincts and Evolutionary Psychology • Instinct (fixed pattern) • Instincts in animals • Instincts in humans
Drives and Incentives • Drive-reduction theory • Homeostasis • Need • Drive • Drive reduction
Drives and Incentives • Drive-reduction theory • Homeostasis • Need • Drive • Drive reduction
Drives and Incentives • Drive-reduction theory • Homeostasis • Need • Drive • Drive reduction
Drives and Incentives • Incentive • Positive and negative
Optimum Arousal • Arousal • Optimum level of arousal
A Hierarchy of Motives • Maslow’s hierarchy of needs • Variations in the hierarchy
The Physiology of Hunger • Contractions of the stomach • Washburn study
The Physiology of HungerBody Chemistry and the Brain • Glucose • Insulin • Hypothalamus • Lateral hypothalamus • orexin • Vetromedial hypothalamus
The Physiology of HungerBody Chemistry and the Brain • Appetite hormones • Ghrelin • Obestatin • PYY • Leptin • Set point • Basal metabolic rate
The Psychology of HungerTaste Preferences: Biology and Culture • Taste preferences • Genetic: sweet and salty • Neophobia • Adaptive taste preferences
The Psychology of HungerEating Disorders • Eating disorders • Anorexia nervosa • Bulimia nervosa • Binge-eating disorder
Obesity and Weight Control • Historical explanations for obesity • Obesity • Definition • Statistics • Obesity and life expectancy
Obesity and Weight ControlThe Social Effects of Obesity • Social effects of obesity • Weight discrimination • Psychological effects of obesity
Obesity and Weight ControlThe Physiology of Obesity • Fat Cells
Obesity and Weight ControlThe Physiology of Obesity • Set point and metabolism
Obesity and Weight ControlThe Physiology of Obesity • The genetic factor • The food and activity factor • Sleep loss • Social influence • Food consumption and activity level
Obesity and Weight ControlLosing Weight • Realistic and moderate goals • Success stories • Attitudinal changes
The Physiology of SexThe Sexual Response Cycle • Sexual response cycle • Excitement phase • Plateau phase • Orgasm • Resolution phase • Refractory period
The Physiology of SexHormones and Sexual Behavior • Effects of hormones • Development of sexual characteristics • Activate sexual behavior • Estrogen • Testosterone
The Psychology of Sex • External stimuli • Imagined stimuli • Dreams • Sexual fantasies
Adolescent SexualityTeen Pregnancy • Ignorance • Minimal communication about birth control • Guilt related to sexual activity • Alcohol use • Mass media norms of unprotected promiscuity
Adolescent SexualitySexually Transmitted Infections • Statistics of STIs • Teen abstinence • High intelligence • Religious engagement • Father presence • Participation in service learning programs • xxx
Sexual Orientation • Sexual orientation • Homosexual orientation • Heterosexual orientation • Sexual orientation statistics
Sexual OrientationOrigins of Sexual Orientation • Origins of sexual orientation studies • Fraternal birth order effect • Same-sex attraction in animals • The brain and sexual orientation • Genes and sexual orientation • Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation