When You’re Done… Take the “Blobs” sheet and circle four blobs: 1 for how you are feeling right now 1 for how you’re feeling about leaving high school soon 1 for how you feel about this class 1 for what you want to feel like as a 30 year-old. Finally, explain each of these “blob” choices in writing on the back of the sheet 

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Drive Reduction Theory Motivation & Emotion Stress Sources Measures Theories Effects Coping Motivation Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Drive Reduction Theory Arousal Theory Intrinsic/ Extrinsic Motivation Human Drives Theories of Emotion James-Lange Schachter two-factor Cannon-Bard Explain complex motives (eating, aggression, achievement and sex) We are here

Emotion Comprised of: Controversies: Physiological arousal Expressive behaviors Conscious experience Thoughts Feelings Controversies: Physiological response v. emotional experience? Thinking v. feeling

3 Theories of Emotion James-Lange Cannon-Bard Schacter-Singer

Emotion Willam James and Carl Lange came up with the James-Lange Theory of Emotion. We feel emotion because of biological changes caused by stress. The body changes and our mind recognizes the feeling.

Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion Say James-Lange theory is full of crap. How can that be true if similar physiological changes correspond with drastically different emotional states. The physiological change and subjective experience of emotion must occur simultaneously.

Two-Factor Theory of Emotion To experience emotion one must Be physically aroused Cognitively label the arousal People who are already physiologically aroused experience more intense emotions than unaroused people when both groups are exposed to the same stimuli. Biology and Cognition interact with each other to increase the experience.

Schachter’s Two-Factor (cont.) Epinephrine Study: Injection Told Emotion Group 1 Epinephrine Will increase arousal Mild Group 2 Will have no effect Strong

Schachter’s Two-Factor (cont.) Swinging Bridge Study Would you like my phone number?

Components of Emotion

Arousal and Performance Yerkes-Dodson Law Performance peaks at lower levels of arousal for difficult tasks, and at higher levels for easy or well-learned tasks Performance level Difficult tasks Easy tasks Low Arousal High