INFO TO KNOWOBESITY IS PROPERLY CHARACTERIZED AS HAVING EXCESS BODY FAT, NOT HAVING EXCESS BODY WEIGHT. WHILE THE TWO ARE USUALLY RELATED, IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON TO HAVE EXCESS BODY WEIGHT WITHOUT EXCESS BODY FAT. FOR EXAMPLE, AN ATHLETE WITH EXTENSIVE MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT MAY BE OVERWEIGHT, BUT SHOULD NOT BE CLASSIFIED AS OBESE.

Psychology II 5/16 Motivation & Emotion

Agenda

Section 2: Biological Needs: Focus on Hunger-finish

Section 3: Psychological Needs-start

To Do For Class on Mon, 5/21 Read Ch 13, Sec 4

Motivation & Emotion The Big Idea

Psychologists study motivations, needs, and emotions to understand what drives human behavior.

Essential Questions What kinds of factors influence biological needs such as hunger? How have psychologists attempted to explain the psychological

motivations that drive people? Objectives

Identify and define the functions of the different biological components and psychological influences involved in the hunger drive

Identify which you think it the strongest motivator for you: stimulus or achievement

Identify examples from your own lives of each of the Theories of Motivations

Biological Needs: Focus on Hunger On a piece of paper that you can turn

in… Make a flow chart that identifies and

defines the functions of the different biological components and psychological influences involved in the hunger drive.

When are you hungry?

Between now and Monday…Keep track of the times during the day when you feel hungry or would like to eat a snack.

Write a list of factors that you believe contribute to your own hunger.

Obesity

Statistically Speaking…A Growing Problem pg. 370 What do you observe about the graph? Approximately what percent of teenagers

were overweight in 2003-2004? Charts on Obesity NIH Weight Loss/Dieting BMI

Stimulus Motives

What do stimulus motives include?

What conclusion can you draw from the sensory deprivation study at McGill University?

Suppose a friend who seeks high levels of sensation will be visiting you for a week. What are some activities you could plan for him or her?

Achievement Motivation

What is achievement motivation? What is an example of a goal that a person with high achievement motivation might have for themselves? What are negative consequences that people with high achievement motivation might face? How are learning goals usually satisfied? Do you believe parents should seek to develop achievement motivation in their children? Why or why not?

What Motivates You?

On a piece of paper that you can turn in, please answer….

What motivates you more, stimulus motivation or achievement motivation? Why? Give a specific example.