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Emotions and Motivation

ICSE · Class 11 · Psychology

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4.1 Emotion: Meaning and Explanation

  • The word 'emotion' comes from the Latin word 'emovere' meaning 'to agitate', 'to excite' or 'to stir up'.
  • Woodworth defined emotion as a 'moved or stirred up state of an organism'.
  • McDougall linked all emotions to primary instincts, stating that instincts are integral parts of emotions and behaviours.
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4.1.1 to 4.1.4 Characteristics, Cognitive-Subjective Experiences, Physiological Reactions, and Types of Emotion

  • 14 key characteristics of emotion include: subjective nature, individual differences, same stimulus causing different emotions, different stimuli causing same emotion, emotions leading to other emotio
  • Positive correlation exists between emotion and cognition – they mutually influence each other.
  • Cognition affects emotion: Cognitive appraisal or evaluation of stimuli influences what emotion is felt; schemas (stored concepts from prior experiences) shape emotional responses.
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4.2 Theories of Emotion

  • Three key theories of emotion: James-Lange Theory, Cannon-Bard Theory, and Schachter-Singer Theory.
  • Theories differ in the ORDER and SEQUENCE of: stimulus → physiological reaction → emotional experience → overt behaviour.
  • JAMES-LANGE THEORY: Proposed independently by William James (American psychologist) and Carl Lange (Danish physiologist); later combined. Emotion is the CONSEQUENCE of physiological reactions. Sequenc
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4.3 Motivation: Meaning and Forces

  • Motivation: A mental process that activates and propels an individual to act or behave in a specific way to reach a goal or achieve an end result.
  • Three major components of motivation: (1) Activation – initial urge and decision to initiate behaviour; (2) Persistence – spontaneous effort to pursue goal and overcome obstacles; (3) Intensity – degr
  • Motivation cannot be directly observed; it is inferred from behavioural patterns.

Key Concepts

Emotion is a complex affective experienceEmotions have three interdependent componentsEmotions possess distinctive featuresEmotions and cognition (thinkingEmotions involve measurable physiological changes regulated

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