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Motivation and Emotion Chapter 6. Dustin Stevenson Sylvie Langbehn Cory Brown. Definitions. Motivation – Generally thought of as the study of the directional and energizing aspects of behavior Emotion – Defined by its effective tone. Either positive or negative, never neutral. Summary.
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Motivation and EmotionChapter 6 Dustin Stevenson Sylvie Langbehn Cory Brown
Definitions • Motivation – Generally thought of as the study of the directional and energizing aspects of behavior • Emotion – Defined by its effective tone. Either positive or negative, never neutral.
Summary • Emotion causes motivation • Motives and emotions are evolutionary adaptations • JUST LIKE OUR OPPOSABLE THUMBS! • Motivation and emotions are all equally biological, but not equally important.
Summary • Motives are influenced by learning but are primarily biological. • Ekmans five basic emotions: anger, disgust, fear, happiness and sadness. • There are most likely many more. • An angry face is more easily detected than a happy one.
Summary • We cannot be happy all the time. • Social emotions evolved to motivate social behaviors. • Self esteem is our perceived status in the community.
Summary • Testosterone • ROCKS! • Influences dominant and aggressive behavior in men. • Violence • Does NOT rock!
From the book… • “In summary, an evolutionary approach illuminates how emotion and motivation help us solve the many problems of survival and reproduction that existed in the EEA”
Major Points! • 1.) Motivation and emotion areindeliblyconnected. • 2.) All motives and emotions areprimarilybiological. • 3.) It is in the best interest of ones genes to easily detect anger.
Weak Points in Text • 1.) The case of instinct • 2.) Recalibration of emotion
And the Winner is… 2 4 3 5 5
“Why Men, Not Women, Start Wars” • Men go for quantity while women strive for quality. • Women don’t endanger lives to risk neglecting offspring. • Men need to demonstrate geneticfitness.