Learning Objectives

These are the concepts and the learning objectives for Chapter 10. Read them carefully as part of your preliminary survey of the chapter.

Explaining Motivation

1. Define motivation and emotion, and discuss the role of each in human behavior. (p. 288)

2. Describe and distinguish among instinct, drive-reduction, arousal, incentive, and cognitive theories of motivation. (pp. 288-292)

3. Explain Maslow's hierarchy of motivation. (pp. 292-293)

Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring

4. Define obesity, differentiate between biological and social factors associated with hunger, and discuss the roots of obesity. (pp. 295-298)

5. Describe the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and discuss possible causes for these disorders. (pp. 298-299)

6. Indicate the most effective behaviors associated with weight loss. (pp. 299-300)

7. Discuss the secondary motivations of achievement, affiliation, and power. (pp. 301-302)

Understanding Emotional Experiences

8. Describe the functions of emotions and the range of emotional expression. (pp. 303-304)

The Roots of Emotions

9. Identify the key points of the James-Lange, the Cannon-Bard, and the Schachter-Singer theories of emotion, and distinguish each theory from the others. (pp. 305-308)

10. Describe how emotional responses can be used in lie detection, and discuss the validity of traditional lie detection devices. (p. 310)

Nonverbal Behavior and the Expression of Emotions

11. Discuss the evidence for the universality of emotional experience and expression, including a description of the facial-affect program. (pp. 310-312)

12. Explain how the facial-feedback hypothesis helps account for emotional experience and expression. (p. 313)