Chapter 13

Journal Due Weds 2/4

Chapter 13 Questions:

Section 1:

1. What is a drive? How does it shape behavior?
2. What motivates behavior according to drive-reduction theory?
3. How is humanistic theory different from drive-reduction theory?
4. Explain Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
5. Which theory makes the most sense to you?

Section 2:

6. What causes the hunger drive to be satisfied?
7. What causes you to feel hungry?
8. How does psychology influence the hunger drive?
9. What are the elements of a healthy weight-loss program?
10. Discuss the causes of obesity. Do you know anyone who has struggled with this?

Section 3:

11. Why do people seek sensory stimulation? Why do they explore?
12. What two kinds of achievement do people seek? Why do people seem to seek one or the other kind? Which do you seek?
13. What is important for us to find consistency in? What do we do if there is inconsistency?
14. Discuss why people under stress seem to seek affiliation.

Section 4:

15. What does it mean to experience an emotion?
16. Why do lie detectors often work? Why are they unreliable?
17. Summarize each theory of emotion in a sentence. Which one seems most accurate to you? Use a recent emotional experience form your life as an example.