Motivation and Emotion Worksheet

Motivation and Emotion Worksheet

Describe three approaches to motivation. Explain how each approach affects motivation.

There are many approaches to motivation such as the incentive approach, instinct, and drive reduction can be considered three approaches towards motivation. One way to explain the motivation behind the incentive approach is to think of it as a reward. The word incentive means something that tends to incite to action or greater effort. This simply means given a reward for an increase in productivity and is commonly used on the job, in school, or with children. For example if I know on Monday that I have to meet a certain work quota and by Wednesday that quota has been met, I know on Friday in the morning meeting my name will be mentioned for whatever person is up for grabs that week. The prize motivates everyone to accomplish that said quota for the week. Drive reduction can be related to a person that smokes. A person will feel the need to want the satisfaction of smoking a cigarette until that temporary relief is achieved through smoking the cigarette. Instinct theory provides humans with the motivation behave in a specific manner and results in certain actions. A great example of this is when a bird migrates to another area because of the weather.

Theorists vary on why we experience emotions. Discuss at least two different theories related to emotional experiences

The James Lange theory is often referred to as one of the best emotions of physiological theories that was proposed by William James. For example if you are in a wooded area and you see a snake. Your heart rate may speed up and you may start to tremble because of fear. James believed these are signs that includes physiological arousal involves this behavior. The second theory is the two factored theory is based and what we feel and what we can feel to identify the arousal. An example would be walking in the dark to your car and you hear footsteps that seem to be following in your direction. As you speed up the person walking behind you seem to walk faster. Your heartbeat increases and you tend to tense up from being frightening by the fact someone seems to be following you. The stimulus is the person behind you, the physical arousal is the increased footsteps, increased heartbeats, and the cognitive tag of fear.